A former casino executive gets sentenced for college admissions scandal

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I do not get parent who care more about their kids' college situation than the kids themselves.  My favorite line to use with my kids: "I can't care more about your life than you do."

I can't care more about if they go to college, I can't care more about their grades, I can't care more about their jobs, I can't care more about who they choose to date, I can't care more about their futures.

I can.

I think expecting minors and "young adults" to have unskewed, rational priorities is unrealistic. So when they are asked to make decisions with lifelong consequences (college, loans), it is reasonable to try to steer them right to avoid catastrophes a parent can see and children ca'nt, due to lack of life experience, hormones, whatever. Of course, I'd draw a line way before committing felonies.

The article was about a parent paying their kids' way into college - which I suspect means the kid didn't have the grades to get in.  If that's the case, then the kid can't possibly do well in that college due to the rigor that the school demands.

I never said I expect a teen to make great decisions all the time.  I said I can't care more about their future than they do.  I cannot push them into things, there has to be SOME motivation on their end to succeed.  If they don't want to go to college, I cannot force them to do so.  I wouldn't even want to.  Lori Loughlin's daughter did not want to go to college AT ALL, let alone go to the one her mom tried to buy her way into (USC).  She quit school almost before it started.