Hi everyone. Thanks for downloading the Money Girl Podcast. I'm Laura Adams.

Hi my name is Kristen, and I'm from Sparta, Michigan. My question regards paying for college

education. We have quite a divide in our family. I would love for my daughter to go wherever

she would like and I will do whatever it takes to pay for it. My husband on the other hand believes

that she should have to work for it and should go to community college and do whatever she can to do it the cheapest way possible.

My daughter of course is struggling to work within those parameters of the two of us.

Just wondering what your thoughts would be.

How does a child get a good college education?

We make a good living, but we haven't saved a huge amount,

and college is so expensive.

Anything you could offer would be fabulous.

Thank you for all you do.

When it comes to paying for college, people have very different ideas about who should foot the bill.

Some parents simply can't afford the cost of college, so the student must have every possible

financial resource they can find.

Some parents fork over college tuition for their kids,

even if it puts their future retirement in jeopardy.

And some parents expect children to step up and take responsibility for the cost of college,

regardless of how much the parents have in the bank.

So the dilemma that Kristen and her family are facing is not uncommon.

I interviewed Zach Bissonette, the author of Debt Free You,

how I paid for an outstanding college education without loans scholarships or mooching off my parents

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