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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have 2 kids, we live in a 3 br townhouse in an exurb that has a 1400/mo mortgage, we send them to public school and we only save $2000 per year per kid for their college while having a 400k HHI. Rec soccer, cheap city summer camps. I don’t believe that you are morally obligated to financially strain yourself just to give your kids what society thinks is the ideal life. Our kids are very happy and don’t feel like they’re deprived from what I can tell. [/quote]

Why stop there?  Why not a one bedroom condo?  Kids can make do on a pullout in the living room!  Rec soccer???  Why not just give them a pig’s bladder to kick around—if it was good enough for Laura Ingalls on the prairie, why do they need that fancy store bought soccer ball?  Summer camp?  Just drop them at the public library with a can of beans and tell them to enter themselves until the street lights come on. It’s your tax dollar paying those librarians so they can keep an eye on your kids. For a special treat, I’m sure there is a creek they can splash around in when they feel like a swim. 
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