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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]

Well, those are sorta important details you left out in your original post OP. You painted a very different picture so that's why the first 2 pages of this thread are harping on you.

Even so, OP, you are not making this a lesson about needs/wants. The true reason is b/c you can't spare the pocket change for ice cream 5x/week for 2 kids. But what is the alternative? Your kids are still going to be hot and hungry.

And you have 3 pages of people telling you to find a  compromise - MWF for a treat, etc.

Also, have you told your kids that you simply can't afford to shell out money for ice cream? And honestly, there are no other places in the budget for a bit of wiggle room on a cold treat after camp with friends?[/quote]

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