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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine did. At our peak, we were paying 4300/mo for an infant and a toddler in full time daycare - $51,600 annually.

Now I have 2 kids in elementary and the breakdown is:
Extended Day - $6,320
Summer camps for 9 weeks - $10,000
Cub scouts, rec sports, summer swim- $1200
Equipment and coach gifts - $500
Private baseball lessons - $2500
Club swim - $3500
School lunch avg 2 days a week per kid - $600
That “ONLY”  totals $24,620

Even if you add in all the misc. items like PTA contributions and teacher appreciation week, it’s not even close. 
I forgot my kid started band this year and trumpet rental is $250/yr. 
My younger child was jealous of the baseball lessons and I just spent $400 to sign up for winter soccer clinics. School photos were $80 for 2 kids. Baseball photos were another $40. School supply kits from the PTA - $75 each. Elementary yearbook $40. I’m sure there is lots of little stuff that I am forgetting, but even if it adds up to another $2k, it’s still DRASTICALLY cheaper to have school age kids.

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How do you manage summer swim while working with kids in camp? That's a serious question. Summer swim where I am has an hour long mid-morning practice Monday-Friday (like 9-10 AM). I don't know how any dual working parent families can do that. [/quote]

DP - we have three kids, all of whom do summer swim and camp; DH and I both work FT, albeit mostly from home.

Our team has morning and afternoon options for practice, with multiple time slots both AM and PM.  Sometimes the kids chose morning practice and we'd do that, then camp drop-off.  Sometimes they swam after camp.  We limit camp options based on proximity, ability to send 2+ kids to the same one, and carpooling prospects with the kids' friends.  The pool is two miles from our house.  Most of the families on our swim team have two working parents - the team knows they have to be flexible.[/quote]

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