What should students expect from parents?

<p>We do pretty well. My husband is retired from the army, has a nice pension, and has another full time job. With all the years in the army, I have very little retirement and we are trying to catch up. I ought we would be able to pay for any school in the country and our child one is an academic superstar. However, when the time came, it just seemed ridiculous to pay for price for Georgetown or Chicago. She just graduated from Pitt with zero debt. So far, zero job, but there is no pressure to get a job to pay off looming loan payments. We handed her little 529 over to her after graduation.</p>