Reply to Do kids really not get less expensive after the daycare years?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Do kids really not get less expensive after the daycare years?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]We could never use the after school daycare because we could t make a 6 pm pickup.  So we needed a part time nanny, which was expensive.  And then summer camps.  Plus ES is often when you find out kids have issues that require some sort of therapy or tutoring.  The clothes also becomes a lot more expensive and the toys.  When they were little I used hand me downs from cousins or would buy on clearance for the next growth spurt.  But the older they get the more opinions they have.  
And of course the sports stuff.  I was a “we’ll never do travel sports!” person.  And now I have 3 kids in travel sports.  What I didn’t realize is that the rec options basically disappear after ES and if they want to do HS sports they are expected to do club or travel in the off seasons and summer.  It’s a huge racket, but there’s not much of a way around it unless you’re just willing to opt out of sports entirely.  That would be my choice but my kids would be really upset about that.  
And then there’s the food.  They really do eat a lot!  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics