A huge amount of my wifes and my earnings goes on our children - 13,16,19 . We both work well above the average hours so they can have the best opportunities we can give them.
Forget just Uni's, having 3 boys at a grammer school and high level athletes has cost us tens of thousands over the last few years on school trips and training camps.
Our oldest is at Uni now for the first year - We have payed for his halls and the food is catered for the first year, He got a grant but we said he could bank it this year.He is paying the student fees and the rest of his living cost for the future via a student Loan.
My next son will go in 2017 so there will be an overlap where we again will support him as best we can.
Then when my youngest goes an overlap again.
My two oldest sons work as life guards to earn some extra spending money, they both respect money and my oldest is tight as can be
and tries not to spend any money, he doesn't drink or blow his money going out all the time like most of his student mates who are skint all the time.
As for food bundles, he has my mum and dad twisted round his little finger, they take him health food products my mum makes all the time. They love going to see him and also help us out huge amounts taking him to training camps or races when we cant go.
A good way we have found to assist with Uni life is to also have him linked to our Amazon account where he can easily buy items he needs and get it delivered via there Prime service. Works really well.
I think like most people who have commented on here, we all do the best we can for our children, both financially and emotionally sacrificing many things so they can have as good start in life as possible.
I dont think it ever changes, my mum and dad have worked hard all their life and still help us out sooo much
Forget just Uni's, having 3 boys at a grammer school and high level athletes has cost us tens of thousands over the last few years on school trips and training camps.
Our oldest is at Uni now for the first year - We have payed for his halls and the food is catered for the first year, He got a grant but we said he could bank it this year.He is paying the student fees and the rest of his living cost for the future via a student Loan.
My next son will go in 2017 so there will be an overlap where we again will support him as best we can.
Then when my youngest goes an overlap again.
My two oldest sons work as life guards to earn some extra spending money, they both respect money and my oldest is tight as can be
and tries not to spend any money, he doesn't drink or blow his money going out all the time like most of his student mates who are skint all the time.As for food bundles, he has my mum and dad twisted round his little finger, they take him health food products my mum makes all the time. They love going to see him and also help us out huge amounts taking him to training camps or races when we cant go.
A good way we have found to assist with Uni life is to also have him linked to our Amazon account where he can easily buy items he needs and get it delivered via there Prime service. Works really well.
I think like most people who have commented on here, we all do the best we can for our children, both financially and emotionally sacrificing many things so they can have as good start in life as possible.
I dont think it ever changes, my mum and dad have worked hard all their life and still help us out sooo much
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