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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look if you're one of those parents who don't care about enriching their children's lives with activities, lessons, summer camps, vacations, orthodontia, nice clothes and age appropriate toys (including the iphone and data plan they'll eventually need starting in upper elementary or ms), and oh yeah COLLEGE, then yes I guess you're right, they're not that expensive.

If you're the typical UMC parent who DOES care about all that stuff? They're expensive as f***. [/quote]

and yet somehow I went to an Ivy League school and became a typical UMC parent, even though I never did any activities other than free school teams and bands, never took vacations, never had an iphone. This consumerist lifestyle is not necessary. Free yourself!

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Were iPhones readily available when you were a teenager? You must be a very, very young parent.  I did not grow up with the same standards, either, however times are a changing! You may be in for a rude awakening. [/quote]

yeah, there was no expensive stuff when we grew up. expensive stuff appeared for the first time in the history of mankind the moment you became a parent. what a coincidence![/quote]

It's not just expensive things.  Way more competitive than when we grew up.  You seem determined that because you didn't have it, neither should your children.  Maybe you will stick with that, but most parents I know want to help their children succeed. [/quote]

There are always things to spend your money on.  I don't believe that spending money is what makes my kids successful.  Quite the opposite.  I wonder how a young adult who has been coddled with material goods and international trips will fare when they graduate from college and are on their own ... [/quote]

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