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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, keep an eye on antisemitism in your local public schools. Since you mention you're in a high cost of living area, I suspect you may also be in a place that is at some real risk of making Jews feel demonized and unwelcome in schools now and in the coming years. It is something to consider as you make your decision. [/quote]

Op here. It’s a big factor in my decision. I am completely in support of Jewish day schools. I just don’t know how much I’m supposed to sacrifice financially for it - do I sacrifice having another kid? Vacations? Savings? [/quote]

I mean, yes? People do factor finances into their decision of how many kids to have. And the cut corners elsewhere to spend on the things they want. You sound very clueless and entitled.[/quote]

I’m asking what other people in this situation do. Do they have smaller family sizes than they desire? Do they not take vacations? I don’t understand how normal people afford Jewish day school on top of all the other costs of raising children. If that makes me clueless and entitled, so be it I guess[/quote]

I'm not Jewish, but I'm someone who chose faith based education for my kids.

There were certain things DH and I wanted for our kids.  We wanted faith based schools. We wanted them to live where they had access to the outdoors. DH wanted them to play sports.  I didn't want them in long hours of childcare outside the home.  We wanted them to be able to spend time with extended family.  So, we stopped at two kids so that we could afford those things, and chose a home that had things we valued highly (close to grandparents, close to a park) and didn't have things that other people might have valued that would have driven up the price (we have 2 bedrooms, and a not highly rated public school, and live outside the beltway), because that's what we could afford without working hours that would have prevented us from spending a lot of time with our kids, and that meant we had money left over to drive to the beach each summer for a week with the cousins.

Then we had a series of family catastrophes, and we ended up relying on the generosity of our school's financial aid, and subsequent schools.  But that's another story.[/quote]

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