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6. Thank you! The music thing is a good point. Right now, it might be worth grandma's while

Reply to AnneD (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 05:01 PM

Jan 2013

to start him off with music lessons or swimming lessons, or lesser-known sports. He's just turned 6, so his interests are still developing. He does love music, but he's still very much a little gadfly who likes lots of things, and gets antsy if you sit him down to do just one thing for a while (like a music lesson).

We have our whole retirement already funded, and do not plan to borrow from any retirement money to send him to college. All our son needs is a kid in college and broke parents moving in with him (LOL).

AFAIK, colleges don't count grandparents' cash when they look at scholarships, do they? Just the kid and the parents, right?

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