[AltaGuy]

One thing I've noticed, as someone who has done a fair amount of education, is that the "spoiled brats" are the ones in all the graduate programs, who end up with most of the better jobs - which seems to defeat the myths around "doing it on your own" etc.

It was absolutely astounding to me when about three quarters of my law school class had no student loans about six months after graduation because either their parents had paid them off, or they had none to begin with. This was on top of vacations, cars, houses, and many other things paid for by many of their parents.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but I think the expectations of these kids' parents have a lot to do with it. The kids are certainly not lazy by any stretch of the imagination, and they are expected to achieve a certain level of material and personal success and it seems that they mostly do.

I suppose what I'm saying is that you can pay for whatever you can for your children without worry, but make sure you have accompanying high expectations of them. Also, try to help them leave as many options open as possible by helping with debt, etc.

Law school was really an interesting experience to me in this regard.