I’ve decided to chronicle great parenting moments because some of you make extraordinarily hard decisions on behalf of your kids. Let me introduce you to one smart parent.
I’ve decided to chronicle great parenting moments because some of you make extraordinarily hard decisions on behalf of your kids. Let me introduce you to one smart parent.
Peggy is mother to Sophie, who is 19 and madly in love. Sophie is a bright, bubbly college sophomore. Her boyfriend is a good guy and attends a different college. Both kids work hard, are respectful and good to their parents. They should be, because their parents are paying a lot of money for their educations.
Sophie announced to Peggy that she wants to get married to her boyfriend soon. She would like to finish college but her love for her boyfriend of four years is intensifying. Peggy knows Sophie well. She believes that if Sophie marries now she won’t finish college. Peggy told her this, but Sophie said that she didn’t really care. Love is more important than school, she reasoned.
Peggy sat Sophie down and in a loving, calm manner told her daughter that she would only support her marriage and pay for a wedding once she had a college diploma in her hand. If she chose to get married now, all financial support would stop. Sophie and her boyfriend would be left on their own to not only support themselves, but to pay back her college loans.