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camps = entertainment lessons = entertainment kids activities = entertainment None of those are some sort of bare bones living expenses. They are nice to hav
by nommm-nommm 10y ago
camps = entertainment
lessons = entertainment
kids activities = entertainment
None of those are some sort of bare bones living expenses. They are nice to haves if you can afford it.
afterschool care = not required if one parent stays home or works a different shift.
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- vkou 10y agoDaycare is not entertainment. Daycare is what stops Social Services from taking away your kids. (Which wouldn't happen in the 70s, between multi-generational families, and less moral panic about unattended twelve-year-olds.)
- laughfactory 10y agoUh, daycare wasn't on the list. After school care was. Different animal. And yes, I'm going to be normative here and suggest as a society we do an awful lot of offloading our kids into the care of others. And if we're doing that, why the hell did we have them in the first place?
- watwut 10y agoThe alternative is kids home alone. Not even legal in many us areas.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoSince when was the alternative to piano lessons and dance class leaving your kids unsupervised? If you need bare bones supervision for your school age children you can get that at the Boys and Girls club and similar programs. Their summer program was around $1 a day per kid when I went.
- laughfactory 10y agoTotally agree. Besides, in many states kids are allowed to supervise younger kids starting somewhere between 9 and 12. I.e., if your oldest is 9 in Utah, you can indeed legally leave them home alone with their siblings.