In today's society, most children grow up in a single family home for part of their childhood.
Many people assume that once the child reached college age, the trials and tribulations are over.
But, when it's time for college the filing of financial aid package and grant applications require disclosure of parental assets. The unanswered question is who's assets count. In some homes Pandora's Box is opened by this need for finacial disclosure. When the parents are divorced and remarried finnancial aid wants everyones' 1040. Some schools give advice to children on how to handle the situation.