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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH really wants to give $50 each to DC's two primary daycare teachers. I think $30 is plenty, plus $15 for the 2-3 "floaters" who substitute when the primary teacher is gone. What are other folks giving? Am I a total cheapskate?? $50 seems like a lot of money and is more than I'm spending on some of my family members![/quote]

IDK- I gave $60 last year, and will again this year.  It's more than I spend on any family member (we are not a huge gift giving family.)   That being said- it makes a huge difference to the teachers.  They are not well paid.  A teacher last year wrote me a note outlining precisely how this money had made a difference for her-- it really changed my attitude when I realized that the thing she was now able to do is something that I wouldn't think twice about.
So, yes, I spend more on the teachers than I do my own children.  But I spend money on my own children all year- I enroll them in classes, I buy them things just because, I take them on fun outings, I take them on nice vacations.  This is the one time of the year that I give a monetary gift to the teachers.   If you can't afford it, fine- but I wouldn't not give b/c you spend less on family.[/quote]

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