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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The costs are much more wants than needs.

My middle schoolers play club soccer $8,000 club fees, ~ $2,000 tournaments. They go to sleep-away camp for 4 weeks for $16,000. They both have iPhones so I’m paying for their service. They are still growing, but their taste in clothes are adult sized Lululemon, no more janey and jack target. And they are pretty much adults for other costly aspects like no more kid discounts on food, movies, activities, etc. so those costs pretty much doubles.

So basic fixed costs for our middle schoolers are about $28,000 (camp, soccer, iPhones). Might be our last year of soccer as they both want club volleyball which is also $4,000 per kid before travel costs. [/quote]

Also their caviar and truffle oil really adds up. Not to mention the Birkins. [/quote]

Hahaha exactly. IRL everyone I know says what a relief it is to the done with the childcare years and how they feel like they’ve won the lotto or gotten a huge promotion.

After the childcare years people will reallocate that money to fit their priorities/income level. But to compare club sports and lululemon clothes to the cost of daycare so you can actually go to your job is just silly.

When our childcare costs ended we had more money to travel, but that doesn’t mean our kids got more expensive because we decided to take nicer trips.[/quote]

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