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I would think any parent who is spending that kind of money on growing children's clothing or shoes is REALLY bad with money. And I would hope that federal taxes would not support her financial aid request when the time comes, as her parents were bad with money throughout the years. You asked.

Why would you assume the parents need financial aid? I have bought several pairs of Uggs for my young kids over the last couple of years, and you will never see a financial aid app from us. For some people, a $100 pair of boots is the same as a $10 pair of boots to someone else.

Tell that to all of the parents who come on here bitching that they can't get FA to private school on a $300K HHI. I guarantee you a large percentage of them are the extravagant keeping up with the Joneses types that PP is talking about, prioritizing expensive ugly-ass shoes over saving for their children's education. Boo flipping hoo.

Because saving $50 on boots is clearly going to make up for 40k in tuition. This reminds me of another DCUM obsession - cancel your cable and you, too, will be rich.

Listen, if you can't afford $40K in tuition on $300K a year (which yes, is rich anywhere), you're doing more wrong than cable and boots. You need to shift your priorities. Or choose a different school. Or move to a better public school district. You're not entitled to an expensive private school education.

Why are you addressing me? I could care less for American pre college education, private or public -i wouldnt send my kids there if they piad me.

My point was, there are people who can easily afford uggs every year while not being anywhere close to be able to afford hundreds of thousands of $s in tuition. To suggest that they should cut uggs (or cable or Starbucks) is preposterous.

My 6 year old is about to get her second pair of Uggs. The first pair I bought her last year as her birthday present. Her best friend wore them all the time, and it was the only thing she asked for. She wore those constantly, and she got a ton of use out of them.

The second pair i bought her yesterday as a Christmas present. I have no doubt that they will wear well, and that she will wear them a lot.

I don't really care about anyone else's attempts to extrapolate my philosophy on parenting and/or materialism from those gifts.

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I would think any parent who is spending that kind of money on growing children's clothing or shoes is REALLY bad with money. And I would hope that federal taxes would not support her financial aid request when the time comes, as her parents were bad with money throughout the years. You asked.

Why would you assume the parents need financial aid? I have bought several pairs of Uggs for my young kids over the last couple of years, and you will never see a financial aid app from us. For some people, a $100 pair of boots is the same as a $10 pair of boots to someone else.

Tell that to all of the parents who come on here bitching that they can't get FA to private school on a $300K HHI. I guarantee you a large percentage of them are the extravagant keeping up with the Joneses types that PP is talking about, prioritizing expensive ugly-ass shoes over saving for their children's education. Boo flipping hoo.

Because saving $50 on boots is clearly going to make up for 40k in tuition. This reminds me of another DCUM obsession - cancel your cable and you, too, will be rich.

Listen, if you can't afford $40K in tuition on $300K a year (which yes, is rich anywhere), you're doing more wrong than cable and boots. You need to shift your priorities. Or choose a different school. Or move to a better public school district. You're not entitled to an expensive private school education.

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Anonymous wrote:

I would think any parent who is spending that kind of money on growing children's clothing or shoes is REALLY bad with money. And I would hope that federal taxes would not support her financial aid request when the time comes, as her parents were bad with money throughout the years. You asked.

Why would you assume the parents need financial aid? I have bought several pairs of Uggs for my young kids over the last couple of years, and you will never see a financial aid app from us. For some people, a $100 pair of boots is the same as a $10 pair of boots to someone else.

Tell that to all of the parents who come on here bitching that they can't get FA to private school on a $300K HHI. I guarantee you a large percentage of them are the extravagant keeping up with the Joneses types that PP is talking about, prioritizing expensive ugly-ass shoes over saving for their children's education. Boo flipping hoo.

Because saving $50 on boots is clearly going to make up for 40k in tuition. This reminds me of another DCUM obsession - cancel your cable and you, too, will be rich.

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Anonymous wrote:

I would think any parent who is spending that kind of money on growing children's clothing or shoes is REALLY bad with money. And I would hope that federal taxes would not support her financial aid request when the time comes, as her parents were bad with money throughout the years. You asked.

Why would you assume the parents need financial aid? I have bought several pairs of Uggs for my young kids over the last couple of years, and you will never see a financial aid app from us. For some people, a $100 pair of boots is the same as a $10 pair of boots to someone else.

Tell that to all of the parents who come on here bitching that they can't get FA to private school on a $300K HHI. I guarantee you a large percentage of them are the extravagant keeping up with the Joneses types that PP is talking about, prioritizing expensive ugly-ass shoes over saving for their children's education. Boo flipping hoo.

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't know real Uggs from fake ones.

To me, they're all pretty much f'ugly.

Yep

Probably that her parents have more money than sense.

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Since you asked, I wouldn't think any differently about the child. I would think the parents are hung up on appearances and showing that they have money but that really doesn't matter. I would also think that the parents possibly bought the uggs because they or their child saw other kids wearing them and they want their own child to have the same thing. This does matter because IMHO, you may be training your child to respond aim for doing what the other kids are doing, to always try and fit in, which is a form of peer pressure. Then some parents wonder why some teens are so susceptible to peer pressure when the really important issues come up like sex, drugs, alcohol, reckless driving etc. If you train your child to do what their peers are doing, don't be surprised if they learn that lesson well.

Having said all that, buy what you want without regard to what others think, if you think it's the right thing to do for YOUR child.

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Anonymous wrote:honestly, i think "Why spend so much money on shoes for a kid."

Insecure mommies.

Wow. And I'd find you to be insecure for caring about what my kid wears.

I would think "At least his/her mom was smart and got the real thing"

I love my UGG and decided to buy my 5yo daughter a pair of bear paws instead because it seemed crazy to me to spend that kind of money and they looked the same. Well, it's been an month and they look and feel like shit and I'm goona trash them. 40$ went down the drain. They just look the same, really not the same quality.

I'd assume the mom watches a lot of Bravo tv. Specifically, Real Housewives shows.

It certainly is NOT worth the money. Having said that, my 4 year old has 2 pairs of Uggs. Who the hell cares? I don't care what other people think. If they are judging me by what my kids are wearing they are not worthy of my time. We can afford it but certainly don't look down on anyone that doesn't buy 'luxury' or overpriced items. It's a double standard to judge those that can and do waste their money on this crap (myself included!).

I'm pretty sure my kids Uggs are cheaper than the NFL package DH buys every year. Now, that is a waste of money.

I wouldn't think anything of it. My daughter gets her cousins hand me downs so over the years she has owned quite a few pairs. This year I bought her new ones for the first time. I would have preferred to get them at target/old navy but she wanted some crazy neon purple style that I could only find with Uggs.

I didn't mind spending the money on her. All her clothes are hand me downs and she rarely gets anything new so this was a treat for her.

I'd think that you are tying too hard!
Get her boots that don't have brand name written on them, late her decorate the boots if she wants to.
Never like the Uggs.They ok on teenagers as most clothes they wear are also blah!