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No kidding. My son is playing tournament tomorrow. Registration fees (~$100), uniforms ($40-50), his helmet is $170, gloves are $210, stick is probably about $200 now but the shaft/lacing/head are always in rotation so it's hard to tell. Cleats? Maybe $50-100. Did I mention club, coaching and clinic fees? That's around $1500-3600/ year depending on the teams, camps, clinics, etc.

Did I mention he is also a black belt in taekwondo? $80/month plus testing fees. We are on the long cycle with those now that he has achieved, but they use to be and extra $40 every 4 months. And I have three boys who all do taekwondo and lacrosse.

I must admit that I laugh at your $70/year tutu. [/quote]

Two wrongs do not make a right, or weren't you taught basic morals?

Both of these are symbols of the extra-curricular insanity that's been gripping the US for decades. Coming from Europe, where after-school activities are much less popular, this all seems like madness. Plus, from a social inequality point of view, it's highly unfair to regard such extra-curriculars as a "must" when half the country can't afford them.

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You are working from the incorrect bias that spending on your kids activities, be it dance or soccer or lacrosse or camping is evil or "madness".

It is not.

In the US kids activities are very popular and because of this there are extraordinary numbers of free or low cost activities so that those kids who can't afford them can still have opportunities to experience things like dance or baseball or music.  You might not have that in whatever part of Europe you came from but we do have ample free and low cost kids programs here in the US.

Maybe you ought to educate yourself about what is available to kids in this country before you start jumping on that Europe good/America bad bandwagon. [b]You just sound ill informed and arrogant.[/b][/quote]

Probably better-informed than you, my dear, but arrogant and superior, certainly :-) And the xenophobic card is too easy. Try something else.

My kids are at Maryland Youth Ballet. What I like is that they are taught well and that the emphasis is on love of dance for its own sake, not for some inane sparkly show. I am willing to pay a pretty penny for quality teaching, not for a ridiculously overpriced costume and the idea that every tiny effort has to be rewarded with bravos and glitter. Don't get me wrong - performing in public is an important skill to learn. At MYB, parents go in on the last day to see what their children have learned, and at a certain level there are opportunities to audition for roles in various Nutcrackers - true recognition comes after sustained effort, which is as it should be. And there is no need to turn every occasion into a money-maker.

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