I feel like if a parent has the means (income and savings), they should contribute towards their child attending college. My husband and I are fortunate in that we can afford to pay for most of our kids’ college. (I say most, because we want them to have some “skin in the game,” so they are going to have to take about 5K per year as loans. We will deduct any outside scholarship awards from the amount our child owes toward the loan.)