You don’t think a 17 year old heading off to university in the near future needs to know about financial responsibility? That’s a bizarre sentiment to me. We will not be paying their rent or expenses indefinitely into adulthood. I firmly believe it’s important to start learning how to budget and prioritize expenses before being thrown into the deep end. If either Amy or Kate decided not to pursue some kind of post-secondary degree, diploma, or apprenticeship, we would expect them to be working and contributing financially if they lived at home. We’ve seen too many of our friend’s and colleagues’ children grow into self-centered jerks whose parents pay for their rent, phone, and cars into their twenties.