Only The Best?

Most parents who are going through divorce feel bad about the kids. One way or the other, whether the marriage is ending because of fault or because it just fizzled out, kids don’t want to see their parents split up. All too often, parents who still have the resources to do so (and many who don’t!) promise to pay for college tuition. Think carefully before you do this! Sure, kids should go to good schools, but once you’ve signed an agreement to pay for tuition — at any level, even college — you are bound by it, no matter what happens to the economy or your prospects in the future. No matter how bad you feel about the difficulty separation and divorce causes your child, making an advance promise you may not be able to keep doesn’t help anyone. It can breed animosity and distrust between you and the other parent of your child in the future, and that isn’t good for anyone.