to be concerned about the "career" advice my SIL is handing out to her kids

[bleh]

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We were there the other day, and she said "If they want to study, they pay. I'm not giving them any money. I'd rather they bought a house with any money they get than an education".

Her children (and obviously, not a biased aunt at all, oh no) are intelligent and, if they so choose, should be encouraged to go to Uni. I worry that with their DM's barking attitude, they're not going to

If the parents refuse to support their children financially then I think this is taken into account if the child can prove it.

I would have been fine at uni but I ran up a lot of debt in my first year term which impacted on my second year as I'd stupidly taken out a draw-down facility when I was working and used it instead of getting a student loan so I was repaying it the next year. My rent was £43.25 a week for a room in a shared house with no double glazing plenty of fresh air and slugs in the bathroom and worms in the toilet . Shared utility bills were the worst after coming from the relative luxury of halls.

...er, when you get to 18 isn't it cheaper to go through uni than buy a house (well, currently)?

If they went to uni they could buy their own houses...isn't that the point?

Ah well...

I can see her logic, if my parents had put the money they'd spent on my education in a HRSDA then I'd probably have a house now!

Education is its own reward,yada yada, but one more psychology degree OR a house? If I had to choose.......