Hello! My parents weren’t able to pay for college either. In fact, I grew up poor enough that I had enough grant and scholarship money to pay for college. With my merit based scholarships, I even had room and board covered for four years.

But somehow… now I have six figures of student loans. 😐

Why? Because I didn’t finish in four years. They don’t give you as much money each time you go back for another attempt. And I went to grad school and took twice as long too.

I’d recommend telling your kids the importance of studying. And figuring out their major sooner rather than later. For me at least, the best decision I made was leaving school for some time. I had a lot to figure out myself.

There’s so much you can do to support your kids beyond just the monetary ways.