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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say the most expensive parts are actually "optional" expenses.

1) You can choose to let your kids dance and travel sports teams take over your lives and expenses in hopes that they will be part of the .0001% that "make it" as a pro....OR you can treat their sport as just that, an extracurricular activity that keeps you busy on the weekends.

2) Most around here shove their kids into expensive summer camps from June 15-August 15th, thus taking away their "right of passage" of having a summer where all they do is go to the pool and hang out with friends.

these two things alone will suck the life out of your life savings.[/quote]
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Um, even rec sports and "normal" activities cost hundreds of dollars a year. [/b]None of the people I know who do travel sports think their kids are going to make it as a pro; the kids mostly really love to play and want to do it at a competitive level. Our kids all tried out various sports - soccer, teeball, karate, diving, tennis, and the only one they did seriously was swimming.

You need a stay at home parent if you're going to have that "right of passage" empty summer, or you need to hire a summer babysitter, which is just as much money as camp. I had the long, boring summers as a child and would have given anything to go to the camps that my kids attend.[/quote]

No they don't.  Are you familiar with DC parks and rec?[/quote]

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