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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes they do!!!  I used to be able to buy plain socks, generic tees, etc.  Now they want brands, even for socks.  Also, their toys are more expensive.  My daughter wants a sewing machine for her birthday.  My son wants a Nintendo Switch (I think that's what it's called).  Going out to dinner, they don't want the kid's menu, they eat more and want to try new things all the time.  Their activities are also more expensive because they want certain academies which are better than others. My son swims which is very expensive  and this year he asked to attend clinics to improve his technique.  [/quote]

Nothing that you are describing is a necessity.  Sure they need socks, but when you're wearing shoes who the hell even sees the socks?  You can find a perfectly good used sewing machine on ebay or craigslist.  However, decent childcare is a must.  As for going out to dinner, that's also a nice thing to do not a necessity.  You can easily get an oven roasted chicken at Costco for $4.  [/quote]

DP. Your argument is a bit archaic. So, we are to sew socks for teens now? Deny your kids going to eat with their friends once in a while? Have them go to school in rags? Feed them only cheap chicken from Costco? You do all that for your toddlers? Why is "decent" childcare a must then? Define decent. Grandma sent me out to orchard to play with my cousin at 3 years old, didn't cost her anything. Try feeding teen sons and then get back to us in 10-13 years. Or him and his friends, since no money for Chipotle so have them come to your place, right? How about raising your teens on the cheap and them not having any friends. I think all these pps with young kids, ought to come back here in 12 years and give us their honest opinion. Comparing apples to oranges. Now if you live on a farm in the sticks and not in the capital....[/quote]

I think PP meant that the sewing machine the PP's daughter wanted could be bought cheaply on Ebay, not that they would sew socks.  Separately, PP was saying that brand name socks are not necessary.[/quote]

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