Point is (I'm guessing): is that moms and dads have different opinions on certain topics, but they will give you their advice based on experience, some bad and some good
Well, I don't know what kinda mothers you have, but mine would never give me two hundred dollars for prom. We barely have enough money for rent, much less for some stupid prom night.
And my mother's kinda a mix of both of these, the whole "I'll support you no matter what!" is definitely her, but at the same time I KNOW she didn't save herself until marriage. I mean, I'm a bastard child so that's pretty obvious and she doesn't harp on me about college especially since she pretty much left for a road trip and fun after she got out of high school. She leaves the school to lecturing me about college.
If you look at the dad's side to sex, you'll see that her saving herself til marriage is the equivalent to the dad's "I was all state my senior year" In other words, ya it might have happened, but most likely its not true and they are just telling you that, thats why the spouse is saying don't believe everything the other one says about this subject
Also, theres a difference between promoting going to college, and harping and lecturing kids about college. You don't have to have a degree to want your kids to get one and have a better, more comfortable life than they did. In fact, I would consider that a much better motivation for the kid than "I went to college, your gonna go to college too"
And my mother's kinda a mix of both of these, the whole "I'll support you no matter what!" is definitely her, but at the same time I KNOW she didn't save herself until marriage. I mean, I'm a bastard child so that's pretty obvious and she doesn't harp on me about college especially since she pretty much left for a road trip and fun after she got out of high school. She leaves the school to lecturing me about college.