My 17 year old daughter wants to go on a school trip to Europe

[Koing]

Have her pay half and to make her value the money that she has earnt towards her trip. BUT if you can afford it at the last date before she leaves pay for the trip and tell her she can use the money she earnt for the trip as spending money . This is if you can afford it, but if you can't then don't do that. It would be a great suprise for her and I take it she is a good daughter right.

Yes it is a lot of money but the experience will be amazing for her and will leave a lasting impression on her. Not many things can leave a lasting impression on a person.

Koing

 

[Gooberlx2]

I would say pay for it and set something up where she pays you back or works it off via chores.

A European trip is pricelessly educational, in many different ways.

 

[PizzaDude]

Do what you can to have her go. Traveling has provided me some of the best experiences in my life.

I studied abroad in Australia last January and this year I'm off to Italy. I can't wait!

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: mugs
I can't believe nobody has asked for pics of the daughter yet.

pics?


j/k









































ok im not..... :Q

 

[mordantmonkey]

sit down find out how much she makes, write down a budget and agree on an amount that she can save. as long as she's sticks to it, pay the difference.

of course, you know she's just gonna bang some dirty swede in a club bathroom right?
ok that was uncalled for, but also why i never want to have a daughter. i would go f'in mad just thinking about the girls i knew at that age.

 

[Pakman]

Don't send your daughter! She's probably going because a boy she likes is going too... Unless you want her to come back as a woman. j/k...

 

[eits]

pics of your daughter, pls.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Pakman
Don't send your daughter! She's probably going because a boy she likes is going too... Unless you want her to come back as a woman. j/k...

this guy's an idiot.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Pakman
Don't send your daughter! She's probably going because a boy she likes is going too... Unless you want her to come back as a woman. j/k...

this guy's an idiot.

Lots of morons on AT. Besides, what makes you think they can't do these things at home. Just because it's in another country, it really doesn't change that much. She'll probably be going to college soon enough anyway, and don't think college is the only place people party.

I say pay for her.

 

[Corporate Thug]

she should contribute, but only to the extent the she is able to. I dont think she should be precluded from going because she is only about to pay say a third instead of half

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Pakman
Don't send your daughter! She's probably going because a boy she likes is going too... Unless you want her to come back as a woman. j/k...

this guy's an idiot.

Lots of morons on AT. Besides, what makes you think they can't do these things at home. Just because it's in another country, it really doesn't change that much. She'll probably be going to college soon enough anyway, and don't think college is the only place people party.

I say pay for her.

While it is true that they could be "bad" anywhere, a lot of girls tend to get quite "liberated" when they are studying abroad in Europe, I guess it's the whole "foreign" thing. (Used to work for a study abroad program)

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: kami333

Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Pakman
Don't send your daughter! She's probably going because a boy she likes is going too... Unless you want her to come back as a woman. j/k...

this guy's an idiot.

Lots of morons on AT. Besides, what makes you think they can't do these things at home. Just because it's in another country, it really doesn't change that much. She'll probably be going to college soon enough anyway, and don't think college is the only place people party.

I say pay for her.

While it is true that they could be "bad" anywhere, a lot of girls tend to get quite "liberated" when they are studying abroad in Europe, I guess it's the whole "foreign" thing. (Used to work for a study abroad program)

what's wrong with being "liberated"? it's called learning about life and experiencing things that you can't in a dorm room.

it's ok for a guy to be "liberated" but it's not ok for a girl?

 

[Pakman]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Pakman
Don't send your daughter! She's probably going because a boy she likes is going too... Unless you want her to come back as a woman. j/k...

this guy's an idiot.

Wow, I'm an idiot? Then you're a hypocritical dimwit! It was a joke you dumb@ss.

 

[The Stigenator]

yes you should put it up, it will widen her views and make her an all round better person.. send her the europe.. she might learn somethign after all.

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: kami333

Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Pakman
Don't send your daughter! She's probably going because a boy she likes is going too... Unless you want her to come back as a woman. j/k...

this guy's an idiot.

Lots of morons on AT. Besides, what makes you think they can't do these things at home. Just because it's in another country, it really doesn't change that much. She'll probably be going to college soon enough anyway, and don't think college is the only place people party.

I say pay for her.

While it is true that they could be "bad" anywhere, a lot of girls tend to get quite "liberated" when they are studying abroad in Europe, I guess it's the whole "foreign" thing. (Used to work for a study abroad program)

what's wrong with being "liberated"? it's called learning about life and experiencing things that you can't in a dorm room.

it's ok for a guy to be "liberated" but it's not ok for a girl?

That's why I put it in quotes. I don't find anything wrong with it, I find most Americans to be extremely conservative and prudes, even the ones that don't think they are.

I should also add that they tend to get pretty gullible and naive too, come on, do you think that you are really the first American girl that the dark mysterious Spanish dude from last night has hit on??? No, it's practically their life.

 

[Aquaman]

I would match her dollar for dollar with the money she earns frrom a job. Seems fair.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[villageidiot111]

Expecting her to pay for as much as she possibly can is unreasonable, for she is in high school and thus has other things to spend her money on, and has other things to do. But I think 50/50 is probably fair.

 

[Revolution09]

I'd say make her work for as much as she can save in the short period of time, and you pay for the rest.

 

[Mill]

I don't think you should let her go. There's really no need for someone to ever leave the US.

 

[TrueBlueLS]

I say make her pay for it. Then she'll enjoy the trip more because she'll have known that she worked hard to go on it.

 

[classy]

No. Thats too much IMO

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: yllus
Half-half? Subsidize it, but let her learn that if she really wants something she has to work for it a little?

:thumbsup:

 

[Tiamat]

Id pay half, and then contribute more if good grades, etc. where to be earned.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: kami333

Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Pakman
Don't send your daughter! She's probably going because a boy she likes is going too... Unless you want her to come back as a woman. j/k...

this guy's an idiot.

Lots of morons on AT. Besides, what makes you think they can't do these things at home. Just because it's in another country, it really doesn't change that much. She'll probably be going to college soon enough anyway, and don't think college is the only place people party.

I say pay for her.

While it is true that they could be "bad" anywhere, a lot of girls tend to get quite "liberated" when they are studying abroad in Europe, I guess it's the whole "foreign" thing. (Used to work for a study abroad program)

what's wrong with being "liberated"? it's called learning about life and experiencing things that you can't in a dorm room.

it's ok for a guy to be "liberated" but it's not ok for a girl?

Women are known to become "easy" when they go on vacation. I went to spring break in Cancun, trust me on this.

After lies are told, and mysterious people vanish into the night, it's the woman that has to live with the consequences. You'll never find a guy that comes home pregnant.

 

[alphatarget1]

Great, more annoying and obnoxious American tourists in Europe.