<p>My parents will pick up everything when we are in college...my twin and I. They pay for books, tuition, board and room, gas for our car, groceries, and school supplies, and insurance for the car. They do not want us working while in school...</p>
<p>My mom started college about 2 years ago to get a degree in accounting to help cover our expenses so she will get a job this June after she graduates and will begin saving every paycheck. We should both get a scholarship that covers all tuition, and fees and $150 in books a semester. That will be a huge help. My sister and I will both begin looking for jobs this week that we will keep until we go to college (we will be seniors in august). We are blessed.</p>
<p>my thoughts:
spoiled kids should not receive any more money from their parents xD
(that'd solve a lot of problems in this society) :rolleyes:
as for kids who DO receive money, and yet don't take it for granted... i'd say it's more 50/50. there's liberation that comes from earning your own money, yet i know my own parents don't want me working to pay expenses they can already cover. they'd like me to work/earn money for enriching my overall experience, not trying to pay for books/food. as my mom says, school IS my job!
so my basic expenses are covered, and anything that i want (clothes, trips to local places, etc) i cover from past savings. and i'll work in the summer to get spending money for next year and gradually become more independent.
really i think the spending-money issue isn't about set amounts: it's about what your parents expect to pay for, what they expect you to pay for, and how they expect you to pay for it (summer job, campus job, work-study, loans, etc).
and if you've ever watched "sweet sixteen" or "the real housewives of the OC" please join me in despising those spoiled brats and way too indulgent parents ;)</p>
<p>My parents don't really set a spending limit. I make a couple thousand every year through internships and other jobs but money is sort of a collective entity in my family. I just buy the essential and other stuff that I want from time to time. My parents trust me enough that they don't really set a limit. They do have a copy of the monthly statement sent to them since they're paying the bills, but they've never told me I was overspending even though I do buy some stuff that isn't exactly essential for survival (e.g., video games, clothes, etc...)</p>
<p>Parent speaking here: $0. S will work this summer and put that money with other money he's been saving from job. He'll live on that, pay for own gas, etc. He did his part in earning Bright Futures and merit money. We'll pay the difference for dorm/meal plan. I'm sure ocassionally we'll "pop" for something, but he knows he's to budget his own, but then again, he's been doing that for awhile. </p>
<p>None. And I have to pay for all of my own tuition, room and board, books, gas, food, cell phone etc. The only thing they pay is my car insurance.</p>
<p>My sister and I will still be receiving child support checks as long as we are in school. She is going to continue her studies to become an RN and I'm about to start my 4 year stay at FSU. I also hope to go to med. school one day but I don't know if I will receive checks then. </p>
<p>So while I stay in college, I hope to receive some part of those checks. Im cool with my mom keeping some of them seeing how she will probably still be paying our cellphone bills and probably going to pay my cable fees in college.</p>
<p>I can't believe theres still college students out there who get all their spending money from their parents...I second Shadow's opinion-get a job, take out loans, donate plasma, whatever. Be an adult and pay for your own movie-pizzas-video games-beer. Then you might realize you don't actually need those things, and will save it for your essentials like books, school supplies, groceries, gas money.</p>
<p>I get $0 and work two part time jobs. The only thing my parents will pay is my cell phone bill, because thats the only way they can keep in contact with me.</p>
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my thoughts:
spoiled kids should not receive any more money from their parents xD
(that'd solve a lot of problems in this society)
as for kids who DO receive money, and yet don't take it for granted... i'd say it's more 50/50. there's liberation that comes from earning your own money, yet i know my own parents don't want me working to pay expenses they can already cover. they'd like me to work/earn money for enriching my overall experience, not trying to pay for books/food. as my mom says, school IS my job!
so my basic expenses are covered, and anything that i want (clothes, trips to local places, etc) i cover from past savings. and i'll work in the summer to get spending money for next year and gradually become more independent.
really i think the spending-money issue isn't about set amounts: it's about what your parents expect to pay for, what they expect you to pay for, and how they expect you to pay for it (summer job, campus job, work-study, loans, etc).
and if you've ever watched "sweet sixteen" or "the real housewives of the OC" please join me in despising those spoiled brats and way too indulgent parents
<p>None, except on rare occasions. I got a full scholarship that included a book and personal expense stipend, so they don't really need to. Occasionally, when I go on a trip, they'll give me gas money plus a little extra, or now and then they'll cover a haircut if I'm low on cash.</p>
<p>They just feel like, as parents, they should be helping their son out in some way--which is why they bring me groceries every now and then (milk, juice, cereal, gatorade--once or twice a month). I don't complain. :)</p>
<p>I'm in my last semester of high school taking only one class, so I'm working 55 hours a week. I'm saving up money so that I won't need any money from my parents when I go off for college.</p>
<p>People's respones in this thread do not agree with what I have observed at most elite colleges. </p>
<p>Even at McGill, "the barefoot aristocrat," over half of kids spend copious amounts of their parents money on expensive alcohol at clubs and on pot.</p>
<p>At Dartmouth, not one kid I've met works for anything. Most had no limit on their spending and routinely travel to exotic locations w/friends.</p>
<p>I worked full time before attending college, so I'm an older student.
Even then, if I hit an emergency, my lower middle class parents will throw me some cash. Of anybody whose seen where I live, most admit I'm much poorer than the average McGill student (as we live in the 2nd poorest section of Montreal).</p>
<p>CC is a bit of an enigma; super high acheiving students at elitist institutions known for attracting old money brats, yet who supposedly have zero support from their parents.</p>
<p>This year (as a freshman), I got around $1500 from my parents, though that also went to school supplies, living expenses, and some groceries (though I also have a meal plan, so I don't need many groceries).</p>
<p>Actually, that's more than they gave me when I wasn't in college. In high school, I had to pay for MUCH more than I have to pay for now (which is pretty much nothing). But I have a full tuition scholarship, plus a couple of other scholarships, so they don't mind giving me some spending money.</p>
<p>After this year, the spending money I get from them is going to decrease greatly (to close to $0), though they'll still pay for necessities. I was planning on working next fall, but my mom said she'd rather me not with my class schedule. So, I'll work one or two jobs this summer to earn my spending money for next year. As for car insurance, they'll pay for that now, and I'll pay them back when I get a chance. I won't have to take out any loans for college due to my scholarships, so it won't be as big of a deal.</p>