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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Don't underestimate this element. I watched two of my wife's younger sisters screw around at college while mom and dad were paying the bills, not taking school seriously until their parents finally cut them off. It's really easy to treat college as a parent funded vacation without any skin in the game. Both were/are great kids that did well in high school, they just took advantage of the situation.
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Thirded. My brother screwed around and flunked out after his first year. In his 30s, he went back, paying his own way, and he's got 3 different Bachelors now. When it's your money, you focus.