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I mean this is why you have Asian immigrant parents insisting that the only acceptable areas of study are premed, prelaw, and (more recently) engineering. Some

I mean this is why you have Asian immigrant parents insisting that the only acceptable areas of study are premed, prelaw, and (more recently) engineering. Some will refuse to pay for tuition unless their children agree. (I think there's a famous anecdote by Bobby Jindal where his father told him that he could be anything he wanted to be -- any kind of doctor that is) Heavy-handed? Yes. Effective? Also yes.

wolfgke 9y ago
This is also the kind of environment that I am used to. Even though university education is mostly free in Germany, there are still costs of living etc. Thus there exist quite some children whose parents are quite hesitant to pay for the education of them if they don't agree with the degree course that the child chooses - even though by law they are typically required to pay.
- b4lancesh33t 9y ago
  Parents are required to support their children into their adulthood in Germany? That doesn't sound likely, but then, I'm not German. Edit: found a reference that says parents must support children until they are 21 or have a profession to support themselves (presumably whichever is sooner -- I hope!).
  - wolfgke 9y ago
    > Parents are required to support their children into their adulthood in Germany? That doesn't sound likely, but then, I'm not German. > Edit: found a reference that says parents must support children until they are 21 or have a profession to support themselves (presumably whichever is sooner -- I hope!). According to > https://www.merkur.de/leben/geld/erwachsen-kind-finanzieren-eltern-zr-8259243.html https://www.merkur.de/leben/geld/erwachsen-kind-finanzieren-... if the child studies at a university, the parents have to pay for them until it gets its master's degree (which is typically much longer than up to the 21 years of age). There are exceptions, such as if the parents can prove that the child does not concentrate on his studies or if it changes the degree course "too often" etc. But assume that the normal case is that the parents have to support the child up to master's degree.

wolfgke 9y ago

This is also the kind of environment that I am used to. Even though university education is mostly free in Germany, there are still costs of living etc. Thus there exist quite some children whose parents are quite hesitant to pay for the education of them if they don't agree with the degree course that the child chooses - even though by law they are typically required to pay.

b4lancesh33t 9y ago
Parents are required to support their children into their adulthood in Germany? That doesn't sound likely, but then, I'm not German. Edit: found a reference that says parents must support children until they are 21 or have a profession to support themselves (presumably whichever is sooner -- I hope!).
- wolfgke 9y ago
  > Parents are required to support their children into their adulthood in Germany? That doesn't sound likely, but then, I'm not German. > Edit: found a reference that says parents must support children until they are 21 or have a profession to support themselves (presumably whichever is sooner -- I hope!). According to > https://www.merkur.de/leben/geld/erwachsen-kind-finanzieren-eltern-zr-8259243.html https://www.merkur.de/leben/geld/erwachsen-kind-finanzieren-... if the child studies at a university, the parents have to pay for them until it gets its master's degree (which is typically much longer than up to the 21 years of age). There are exceptions, such as if the parents can prove that the child does not concentrate on his studies or if it changes the degree course "too often" etc. But assume that the normal case is that the parents have to support the child up to master's degree.