<p>You know your child almost as well as he knows himself. It's reasonable that you would have a very good finger on the pulse of where he belongs or doesn't. As far as finances, there's a thread currently running about a student who begged and pleaded to go somewhere her parents couldn't afford, and they are now all suffering as a result.</p>
<p>So yes, I think there should be some credence to what a parent thinks and has to say.</p>
<p>Unless he pays for it or signs on for loans entirely on his own.</p>