As a parent to 3 young boys, I belief that when you bring children into the world you do have a certain responsibility in providing for them to the best that you can, you feed and cloth them all their lives and I do think that you can help them without having to throw yourself into heavy debt to do it with paying for college. It helps to start saving when they are young. I would tell them that it's their duty too to contribute to the fees and prices to go to college.