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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Ziplock bags over my shoes, tied with rubber bands, instead of snow boots. Mom's idea. I was in second grade and thought it was brilliant. Until everyone made fun of me.

I grew up with money but my mom who grew up poor made me do this. Ridiculous.[/quote]

See, this is what I worry about.  That my son would never learn the actual lesson here (wasteful to buy something like snow boots if it is only to be used 2-3 times!) and instead feel bitter since we "have the money".  Argh.  
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I think it's important to teach the lesson but not important to teach it the same way your mom did. For instance, when I was a kid I wanted lots of stuffed animals and they were apparently too expensive for me to have as many as I wanted. Fast forward to today when stuffed animals are made in China for pennies, and kids can get big ones at the dollar store. I don't think it teaches a lesson to say my kid can't have a stuffed animal. But you can still teach them about not being wasteful in other ways. For the snow boots, I know that we buy them very inexpensively at the thrift store and pass them down, so it's not throwing away money. And your feet stay warmer.[/quote]

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