You Want to “Find Yourself” in College? I’m Not Paying for That!

My husband and I started saving for our kids’ college educations within months of their births.

We researched the best ways to invest college funds, started 529 accounts for both children and we crunched numbers. We realized pretty early on that it was going to cost some serious cash for our kids to attend a state school, much less a private institution with a fancy price tag.

But, we believe in higher education and we wanted to do what we could to help our children further their education if...