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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, my parents were like this. They did blame it on finances because they had four kids so even though they had a very healthy income (and are very, very comfortable now), they always felt like the couldn't afford "extras" for their kids. We handled it by signing up for pretty much everything offered through school, and I'm so thankful for those school programs as a result. Otherwise, yes, we wouldn't have done anything at all except the 5 weeks of summer swim lessons we got through parks and rec because at least my parents recognized we needed to learn to swim. As it was, the elementary years were particularly limiting and it was only when stuff like after school sports and music started through school in middle school that we were able to do things.

This is one of many reasons that we stopped at one kid. We are not rich but I always want to be able to afford stuff like camp, dance class, piano lessons. We don't go overboard about it and I don't push, but I make sure she gets exposed to things I think she might enjoy or where she can learn skills I think will come in handy in life. Plus schools don't seem to offer as much now in terms of after school enrichment as I remember as a kid -- it really seems to be on parents to provide this.[/quote]

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