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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Before everyone else piles on, let me add that I am a single parent who scrapes together the money for summer camp. I drive an old car, wear old clothes and bring a lunch I pack every day to a job where I am underpaid. My budget simply does not allow for $30 a week for ice cream at camp.

Some of you assume that I am denying my children something I was given (we ate ice cream at home, not from the ice cream truck). My parents, who were not wealthy, saved to pay for four years of college and most of my professional education as well. That is my priority for my children as well.

And no, I am not the same mom whose kid spent $18 on a lunch at the museum.

But flame away. I wish you could walk a mile in my worn down shoes.[/quote]

I hear you, OP.  Could you work out some kind of a compromise with your kids so maybe they get ice cream once a week and then send them with some kind of a nice snack on the other days so they have something to enjoy while the other kids are having ice cream?

Also, your original post was about teaching your kids want vs need, which is different from simply not being able to afford something.[/quote]

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