PSA: when sending your kid with another parent to do an activity, please send more than $20.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop using the term PSA when it’s really just your cheap ass spouting off about something.

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What are you talking about OP? If you invite a child to the zoo, pay for their stuff.

Also who uses cash?!?

I do. For everything.

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Anonymous wrote:$20 is not enough for a water park, amusement park, or even the zoo.

If you're afraid your kid might lose the money, just ask the parent to hold most of it for the kid.

Food and drinks are astronomical right now. Even if your kid brings a reusable bottle, $20 is not enough.

1. Why is this a public service announcement?

2. If you invite another child to join your child, you pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$20 is not enough for a water park, amusement park, or even the zoo.

If you're afraid your kid might lose the money, just ask the parent to hold most of it for the kid.

Food and drinks are astronomical right now. Even if your kid brings a reusable bottle, $20 is not enough.

How cheap of you to not cover costs for your kid’s friend. We always cover if we invite them!

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If we invite, we pay. And if we got invited and they paid, then we return the invite later. And $20 sounds good to me for most things. I wouldn't send my kid with more, or expect anyone else's kid to show up with more than a little spending cash.

Actually, I'd be kind of annoyed if a kid showed up with a lot more than that. I'd feel responsible for it, and I didn't ask to be.

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Anonymous wrote:ETA to above: Ok, I do not mind paying but I do not like when kids take advantage of my good hospitality. I do not like it when a kid loads up on snacks or frivolous things on my dime in addition to the pizza and snacks and admission that I already purchased. This happened once and this child was not invited with us again. Lately, I took a child berry picking with us and paid admission and for containers. However, the child felt the need to take half of the fruit we picked for herself. I needed a certain amount for canning and barely made the amount I needed. I was not happy with this and she will not be coming with us again. Kids with manners and grace are welcomed.

You are the parent in charge when they are with you. Just say no. You don’t have to buy them anything and everything. You can say no to extra snacks, gifts, etc.

This but it’s a bit bizarre not to let them bring home some berries they picked. That is pretty bad to bring a kid to pick fruit and not let them have any.

Please review the difference between "any" and "half" and then try again. Thanks in advance.

DP. You said you "barely" had enough for canning. That sounds like you gave the friend almost no berries. If you let her have a few berries out of the many you needed for canning, I'm not exactly blown away by your amazing hospitality. Since this was a trip about you and your canning you should have left the friend at home because it doesn't sound like a fun activity.

I’m not that PP. The “almost no berries” is a fiction you created in your head. Try again. One child does not need half of what multiple people in two families picked.

Barely had enough sounds a lot like your group didn’t get enough for your sacred canning or you’re just embellishing. You put it out there, people are just responding. Exactly how much did you give her if there was barely enough for you? just clarify if you want to be understood.

It’s not “my group.” I’m not the OP either. I’m sorry your reading comprehension is so poor.

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Anonymous wrote:$20 is not enough for a water park, amusement park, or even the zoo.

If you're afraid your kid might lose the money, just ask the parent to hold most of it for the kid.

Food and drinks are astronomical right now. Even if your kid brings a reusable bottle, $20 is not enough.

Gross, OP. We invite guests to go with us - they don’t pay. If you can’t afford to pay, you shouldn’t be inviting someone.

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It’s nice when they bring money, bc kids often want their own specific things rather than what I’m getting for everyone (like, if I’m buying for everyone might get $3 ice cream cone over $6 fancy dessert item, so kids with their money can upgrade), but I don’t expect guests I’m bringing to pay for their own food and drinks.