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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't do this.

Really, it just leads to more increased dependance amongst the parents. It's $8 and the family can come up with the money. The family has to make a choice - buy one less convenience item that week vs. send their kid on the field trip.

It's not sweet, or cute, or helpful. It's the opposite. It creates a constant stream of dependance.

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Go take a nap, Ebenezer.[/quote]

Really I think the PP is on to something. Go to school during snack time or go on the fieldtrip and see how many of your kid's classmates bring in snacks-- hot cheetos, juice boxes, cookies, gatorade. I stopped donating to the field trip when I volunteered to go with the class.  I was amazed that kids who didn't pay had several dollars worth of junky snacks, while I made my kid drink from a recycled water bottle and eat a sandwich bag of Kix cereal.  I also was pissed off that a mother came who didn't pay, didn't pay for her kid, and brought a younger sibling who she didn't pay for and she had a nicer smart than I do (she had a smart phone with internet while i still have a flip phone). [/quote].  I do agree do a degree. Many are not the poor of 30 years ago. I do routinely send in extra money to school to cover more than our share but I see the dependence a huge problem for our county especially. I pick DD up and see the kids getting backpack Friday with Ugg boots, iphone 5s, UnderArmour sweatshirts. You are not entitled to the same luxuries if you cannot afford it. Period. My kids cannot afford some things and they don't get them. I don't depend on someone else for their necessities. Of course some people don't do this and of course some people need the extra field trip money but if you are blind to this entitlement/dependence culture that is draining our county, you have made a decision to ignore. [/quote]

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