Do you think parents should pay for college or the kid?

I feel that you should have your son help you with getting the money for his education. It is only fair that he should help pay for it as it is his education that he is seeking. Have a Great day.

What I am wondering is if you are able to pay. If you are able to pay for your child to go through school then you definately should. My situation is that I grew up poor, my parents don't have money, and so they can't pay my school for me. When I get out of college, between my fiance and I, we will owe at least $60,000 dollars. That's a lot of money to owe, and I have no idea how we'll ever pay it... If you can take that burden off your child, why shouldn't you? Make it to where he has to, lets say, manage a C average in all classes for you to pay for his education. That way you know he will do good in school, and if he doesn't do well in school, or try hard, then you take the money away, you stop paying and make him pay. But yeah, if you are able to pay for it, or able to help him, of course you should. Don't you care about your son enough to keep him from worrying about the debt he is going to rack up going through college? How he is going to pay it? I have myself and two sisters that are going through this right now, it's just added stress that I wish I didn't have to have, but I do. Don't make your son go through it if he doesn't have to.

it's the parents responsibility to support financially the education of their children. your son may just help with it, but to let your son pay for his tuition fee, I think parents should not let it.

I would say no...make them have to work to get through it the way I did...they will appreciate it more...and they will likely put more effort into learning.

First of all I would like to ask you, where are you from? If its part of your culture to let the children pay for their studies in college then I don't have any question with that though if you are capable enough to support your child, I believe its the parents pride to have been able to support their children all the way until the child finish his school. In the Philippines, parents are the one responsible for the complete education of the children. That is from kindergarten to college. If after college the son or daughter wants to pursue his/her masteral degree and if she/he has a job already with compensation more than enough to support him/her with his/her studies then its up to him/her.

I think you had better pay for the whole thing .students should consentrate on their study .part-time job may effect their study .but i support they could take some job when they are on vocation

I will pay everything I can afford to pay when my daughter goes to college. I feel it is my duty to give her the best preparation for life that I can including an education. I brought her into this world so I want to give her the best possible start on life. I can't sit and tell her how important education is and then bail on her when college comes around.