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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is also reasonable to want to be able to provide for your kid. Your kid doesn't need new clothes when there are hand me downs but no one wants to be able to tell their child that they can't play on a soccer league with their friends because the family can't afford the fee.

Also, the stress of never having enough money is all encompassing. Yes, people do it all the time but that doesn't make it good. Always having to choose between the things you need but cannot afford to have it all? It's heartbreaking. And it is really hard on a marriage and children respond to stress in the home.

Yes, of course you have have a baby without a lot of money. But do you want to?[/quote]

This is a true eye-roller. Sorry Johnny, I was too old to give you any brothers or sisters because I wanted to make sure you could play League Soccer for a year!

There’s a term for what you’re describing and it’s lifestyle creep. Yes it’s entirely possible for your kids to have a happy and rewarding childhood while making a retail salary. It sounds like you run in the wrong circles and are making wrong choices for your income level (IE maybe consider Silver Spring over Chevy Chase) if money stresses you out that much. [/quote]

My husband was raised by a single mom who couldn’t afford soccer camps and for whom money was a constant struggle. He was always in day care, after care, and before care so his mom could work. Always sick, and having to go to school. If you think that money stress and being a kid who can’t go to camp or on nice vacations and afford the nice clothes friends wear and have to wear hand me downs doesn’t impact a child, you’re out to lunch. [/quote]

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