Reply #77: no in the 50s the gov't paid for college -- GI bill [View All]

college was not a reality for most people until the 1950s and it became possible for men to attend college in the 50s due to the GI bill, which is why so many families, like mine, the ww2 vet or the korean war vet would be the first person of his family to attend and graduate college

you ever notice that of women of that generation it is only the richer, sorority girl crowd who had parents pay for college, the women of middle middle or lower middle background started the trend of going back to college later, in the late 60s or the 70s, because they were supported by husbands

having parents be able to pay for kid's college was a really brief moment in history that has now passed for most people, i think it most happened between the 60s through the mid 80s or so

by the way, you keep speaking of leaving your children debts, you can't leave children "debt," debt is not heritable, live your life, when you die, your estate pays any debts that can be paid and then the debts are expunged, your children will not be charged for any unpaid debts that you leave behind

in any case, w. modern lifespans, what you plan to "leave" your children is irrelevant, when you die at 90, even if you had left behind a trillion dollars, it won't make much difference to their life, since they'll already be retirement age themselves! don't worry about what you "leave," if you can give someone something, give it now, if you can't, live your life to the best of your ability and have no guilt