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Released: November 12, 2012
Child’s education but parents’ crushing loans
Source: Tamar Lewin - The N.Y Times (Paid Registration)
When Michele Fitzgerald and her daughter, Jenni, go out for dinner, Jenni pays. When they get haircuts, Jenni pays. When they buy groceries, Jenni pays. It has been six years since Ms. Fitzgerald — broke, unemployed and in default on the $18,000 in loans she took out for Jenni’s college education — became a boomerang mom, moving into her daughter’s townhouse apartment in Hingham, Mass.Read Full Article: Child’s education but parents’ crushing loans
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