Ken Coleman
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uh but they are not you and they will have different experiences they will have different environments growing up and i think one of the challenges that we face and i'm just being really vulnerable here that i've had to learn as a father of three is that the things that i did the things that i learned the way that i handled life is so unique to me and i know i'm saying something that's completely obvious but i think we forget this and
I would just say that in this case, if you played this out the way that you desire, let's say your wife just went, I love that Diego, let's do that.
There's a really high, high probability that one or both or all of your kids, however many you have,
won't deal with it the way that you dealt with it.
And they may go, Dad's out of his mind, the old coot.
He's a goofball, and I'm going to go get a student loan because I can.
And they get it done so effortlessly.
And the very thing that you idealized and kind of thought, this is how I see it going, it would even break your heart.
And so to that end, I would say, if you can fund it, you should.
As an option.
And the 529, as we teach, I'll give it back to my partner here.
It's flexible as to how you can use those funds for lots of qualifications because the world... Here's the other thing.
The world is changing so quickly right now.
What will higher ed look like when these babies are to that age?
You and I have zero clue what it's going to look like.
So I hope that perspective helps you.
I don't think it's as easy as you just going...
This is how I want it to be because that's how it was for me.
And I get that.
If anybody gets that, believe me, I actually talk like that sometimes.