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<p>This treatment sounds emotionally abusive. Not the unwillingness to pay, the constant put downs and poor treatment. Treating your kids like dirt when they have nowhere else to go is abusive. </p>
<p>I’m not suggesting that he do anything illegal, I’m suggesting that he find a way to apply for full ride scholarships without his parents getting in his way to control him. If they take money from him, then he must have some to begin with. He will be 18 when he goes to college, but he needs the opportunity to go, and online payments require either a debit card. I think, if he can trust his GC, he should talk to his GC about the emotional abuse and let her know that he wants to quietly apply for full rides to get out from the yoke of parental control. </p>
<p>Once independent, he can choose to build a healthy relationship with them without the control. Or not.</p>