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[quote=Anonymous]Steering away from the PTAs are the worstest ever, and making a plea: IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT, when your middle school student has trips to things like Kings Dominion, please, please, please provide them enough cash to cover their peers. Every year I chaperone and every year I ended up paying out of pocket for food. Parents think that the fee to attend covers food and it doesn't. And the parks are prohibitively expensive once you are inside them. Kids cannot go without water and food all day, and yet, every year, I get kids who bring $20, which covers basically water. There is a kind way to teach your kids to quietly pick up the tab when they know they should. By middle school, and esp by the end of the year, they know who in their friend group needs a few dollars. Have your kid be the one who buys two pizzas, not one. Or who picks up extra fries with order. You'd think APS has a money tree, but it doesn't. If you can afford some kindness, please consider it. [/quote]
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