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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So if your kids don’t make their own spending money, what do they do during the summer?

Also, aside from toiletries and other necessities, [b]what are they spending hundreds of dollars a month on?[/b][/quote]

I'm a pp that doesn't give her kid anything beyond food costs, and I wonder the same.
At least at my kids' schools, so much of the entertainment is free or just a couple dollars- Sporting events, concerts, organization meetings/events, etc.

I remember on one of the parent facebook groups a couple years ago, a parent complaining that their daughter had already spent several hundred dollars on Uber rides and Ulta.   This was less than a week after dorm move in.    In a city with a great (free for students!) bus system.   No way would I be ok funding hundreds of dollars in Uber and Ulta each week.[/quote]

Our kids might be at the same school. I am always a little surprised at how many kids uber when the bus is free. Also how many parents paid for Taylor tix. Not in our budget. I think kids on a budgeting for themselves have more autonomy. They also don't equate fun with spending.  [/quote]

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