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Originally Posted by Rubyee
It's true- it is only money.
Let's look at this from another point of view.
When I was a kid, I wore hand me down clothes and clothes we got from the salvation army. My favorite thing to do was decorate my clothes with puff-paint to make them seem new. I didn't have a pair of jeans until I entered junior high.
The mall to me was Target. It was not the toy store, followed by The Children's Place, followed by the theatre and the arcade. It was Target- get in, get out, and spend less than $50 on all three children and the parents.
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Amen to this--the whole post, actually. When I see this figure of $250k to raise a child, I wonder whether that average is driven sharply up by people spending a heck of a lot more than they need to. I look around today and see all these little kids, from toddlerhood on, dressed in brand new Gap clothes... whatever happened to hand-me-downs (or inexpensive stores, like you mentioned)? I guess they're not good enough for some people's little angel.
(Hijack: how long has Target been around if you went there as a kid and are now an adult? It just came to the Philly area about 5 years ago, and I assumed then it was a new company.)