<p>I think most people who had financial support through college and/or grad school feel that they have a responsibility to do the same for their kids, while most who didn’t don’t feel that responsibility. Personally I’m in the former camp, but you really can’t force your dad to do anything unfortunately.</p>
<p>Anyways, my opinion on this matter is: SCHOOL is your job while you’re in school. And your parents should financially support you to the best of their ability, so that you can get good grades. If you can’t juggle a part time job and a full time course load and still get good grades, if it were up to me, I’d drop the part time job in less than a nanosecond. Part of the college experience is enjoying it, you have the rest of your life to overextend yourself (correspondingly my approach is never take on more than I can handle).</p>
<p>OP: as a fellow college student, I’d say NEVER overextend yourself. If you can’t handle a part time job while getting good grades with a full time courseload, then don’t. Quit the job or reduce your courseload. Try to do both and you may end up getting fired from your job AND getting bad grades.</p>