I helped my daughter but it was never enough for her. She felt very entitled. Waste of time as she never used her double law degree or her teaching degree she later did.

It's now my grandchildren going to school & uni is a long way off

If you have to pay for it yourself, you appreciate it more!

HI TY Hanno...

4 points for No.

I WOULD DO WHATEVER IS IN MY POWER TO HELP MY BOYS SUCCEED IN LIFE.❣️❣️❣️

Don't have kids but if they are excelling in school they should try and find a job to start paying for this degree themselves and tell them that you will help them only if they start falling behind on payments. Kids need to learn responsibility and that mommy and daddy won't always be there to help them. Because as I get it, you want to help your child out, but if you are already struggling yourself, then you either come up with a compromise with your kid, or teach them that money does not grow on tress and have them try to start paying themselves. Only offer help if they really need it. Teach them to be responsible and learn that there are times when you have to say no and they should try to help themselves too, because as I said, mommy and daddy aren't always going to be around to bail them.out.

All Edcuation and health should be covered by the federal government. We pay lots of Direct and Indirect Taxes. Governments should stop wasting the, literally, Hundreds of Billions on Defence, Space Programmes and devote it to ensuring the People - that's Us, People, we provide the money it should be used First and Foremost on us - have the best Possible Health Care and Education. Withou both we may as well not exist. All tah money wasted on Defence but the politicians won't tell us who it is who has Threatened to invade, occupy and enslave. Why not? Because no-one is. Al;l we need is a Self Defence Force to protect our borders and, if requested by another Nation, to provide Peace Keepers when that country is torn by Civil Unrest.

Taking on debt when you are struggling is a bad example to set!

No, let them defer payment, then once they work, they can pay it off. What happens if you have more than one bright spark in the family ... best treat them all the same, the debt doesn't have to be paid til they earn a decent wage and the repayments still allows them enought to live on.

Not sure

I received 7 points for this poll

definitely, I would even take out a loan to help them

I find it odd rewardia is reducing the points you get now for doing polls only one point per poll use to be 4 for every poll no right or wrong answer.

Yes definitely and I prefer it's a degree that guarantees them a job straight after graduation.Edited 12-May-25 22:55pm

Uni fees depend on the course being studied. Arts degrees are more expensive than Science degrees. A scholarship of $6000 doesn’t cover the fees of at least $15000 per year. If you want your children to have any hope of securing a home loan in the future, they will struggle if they have a HECS/HELP debt. Better to work together to pay as much of the fees as possible as they are incurred.

I don't believe in socialism and I'll pay my debts but I don't want to pay anyone else's even my children's.

4. ?

6pts No, let them defer payment, then once they work, they can pay it off.

I paid tuition and housing for each of our daughters at a select private college and they each now have successful careers. It was the best gift that I ever could have given them.

Yes, help them as much as possible. Once you help your child this way today, you are directly relieving yourself of some pressures tomorrow.

Yes

Yes. Help if possible...

5

DONT GO to UNI, there is no need - people with uni degrees do not get better jobs or better pay, MORE globalist BS to enslave humanity. NOT my opinion but opinion from independent organisations in OZ, UK etc and they found the UNI degree only puts kids in debt and doesn't ensure better conditions/pay... they all agree to work in an Industry you love, you will enjoy life and get better jobs,

Help if you can, however as a solo parent I didn’t have surplus funds, and my son’s preferred to go straight into working.

4

5

4 points

My understanding is that school finishes at year 12. After that its user pays. Why should the taxpayers foot the bill. I would like to travel and no one had othered to pay

Lucky my girls got good jobs after leaving school

Help them, but not to much, if they decide to defer or drop out , don’t get stuck with the bill.

1 a difficult 1

the child can work part time while going to university.

5 PTS.......

I would let them defer payment and work on paying on it as I could.

That's what scholarships are for, to help those who can't afford it but have the ability to excel.

I could not afford to

I would help where I could,priory is keeping a roof over our head and feeding us first. In Australia some schools will offer scholarships for secondary college that pays for tuition,while you incur other costs Tertiary I am unsure about. There are some fields that will take on interns or students that have done trades and pay for on going schooling which can include Masters degrees. I would encourage anyone with talent and drive to try these options first. Tertiary is beyond my means for my second child as I haven't worked for a long time. I had the financial flexibility to do it for my first.

I would help along the way if i could, but not to the extreme. If they managed to finish course and pass exams.

Too many variables, my wife thinks give free board while studying, I dissagree fortunately my oldest is only 14, so still have 3 or 4 years to nut this one out.

4pts depends on too many circumstances. Two of our five went to uni one did it on his own-didn't want help, the other accepted our help on the condition the course was completed [which it was]

It is a shame that this is even a question as a true clever country would have this free. I paid for my degree but I still believe education should be free. I would help, obviously.

Just defer as student debt gets forgiven every election as a vote getter

Neither of my boys went to uni. But would have helped

2 points for Not Sure. My daughter got pregnant at 16 while being raised by her dad. She called me to pay for an abortion. I refused. She gave birth to Vance, but I learned later she had aborted a baby girl. She wasn't interested in College... ;-(

Went to school for 7 years. My folks were not rich. Helped when they could I got loans and worked jobs while in school. When I got out there was no question. The responsibility was mine. Took me another 10 years c to pay off. Worth the lesson.

Where we can we do but when congress people gets their loans for schools loan when they are worth millions of dollars is a slap in face to regular people

Don't have a child or children

Explore other options such as: *Scholarships *Student loan *Work before they start university and save up as much as possible Just supporting them with their studies by encouragement and understanding is enough. If you want to help them let them live with you rent free while they're studying with you as that helps heaps. If uni costs are too much to cover then cover something else like the petrol bill for example. Every little bit helps and your child should be grateful for what you're trying to help with.

If I had a child and the money I would pay.

6

don't have a child or children

I would definitely help them as much as I could.

7 PTS

If they "excel" and feel "school" is the path for them....for lots it is not. Then they should be applying for as many scholarships as possible, plus, obtain student loans.if you have not budgeted or saved for their education, then it's on them to decide the pro's and con's of going into debt to undertake something that may not give them the desired outcome they expect. Then again, lots love becoming "experts" in specific, individualized areas and they stay in school longer, which makes them more invested into what they study, but makes them come out the other end COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS to everything else in life, lol.It's really just hit or miss, but, no, you do not just pay for them to go.

I myself was gifted. I was reading the Bard and Doyle and Dickens when I was 2, cooking and baking on my own when I was 3 and began writing creatively when I was 4. My parents could not afford college so I worked a job on the side and commuted to and from business college and in 1970 I earned an Associate Degree in business administration and management. No, I did NOT take out a student loan. I worked at a lumber yard and hardware store and then real estate title insurance companies where I retired from in 2008- their idea, not mine!

2 pts

paid for 2 at the same time neither graduated