<p>There is a limit, and parent here go over it as well. The way many of them so do is in taking out too much in loans and encouraging the same of their kids to pay for colleges they could not afford. </p>
<p>We joke (at least I hope it’s a joke) about parents willing to give up a kidney or their right arm to get a kid through HPY. I’ve known of parents taking second mortgages, second jobs, and some going truly an unhealthy route to pay for college. I would not want my mother or father to have done that for me, absolutely not I wouldn’t want my mother scrubbing Port a Johns or floors for the extra cash so I could have a college experience otherwise unaffordable Or taking out loans endangering them financiallly, Or doing without things that could hurt them, or my younger siblings…</p>
<p>I hope my kids feel the same way, and that other kids feel that way about their parents. It should not be lauded when there are stories of that kind of parental sacrifice. It’s not that important.</p>