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[quote=Anonymous]so, kids in daycare are SUPEREXPENSIVE.  and costs definitely drop off when they enter school . . . for awhile.

my oldest is in school and we are still in the sweetspot where we pay very little.  aftercare is cheap and summer camps, if we splurge, top out at about 4000 for the summer.  Most likely, we'll spend closer to 3000 for the summer, but we could have done it a LOT cheaper had I been on my game and booked ahead of time with the cheaper options. hell, I could have covered the whole summer for less than $1000 if I had enrolled in the DPR camps in time.  other people pay for a bunch of activities at this age, but I don't much see the point.

my impression from my kids with older kids is that things ramp up, perhaps a bit later in elementary school, when the kids start enrolling in significant activities that have attached equipment and enrollment costs.  and then by middle school, the kids want ridiculous stuff.  I mean my kids want ridiculous stuff too but the frozen-themed lunchbox is not really that much of an expense, you know?  honestly, if I am completely at loose ends for activities these days, I can play dvds that have seen 50 times before or just spend $5 at the dollar store on bubbles and balls and my kids are entertained for the day.   whereas if one starts giving in occasionally on designer jeans or fancy DC United soccer camp or consumer electronics or sleepaway camps, well, even the occasional splurge adds up.  if you have a kid in aikido lessons and piano lessons and one sport for the year, well, that adds up even before you start making ridiculous splurges.

I think we are a LONG time from paying more than we were with 2 kids in daycare.  maybe when they're teens.[/quote]

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