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[MissB]

They might as well be.

Once they start school, it gets worse. I think I escaped most of the "gimme" years by limiting tv and just saying "no". I've never really been a fan of plastic toys anyway.

But in our area, the public school systems mostly suck. Even the ones that are good (like the one we moved into) still has tons of fees. I track them in Microsoft Money, and over the course of the school year, I've shelled out more than $1k in just miscellaneous fees. These are things like registration fees, school supply fees, sports fees, library card fees, field trips, etc. And my kids are in K and 1st.

And yes, in part to teach them to use money wisely, I do give them dollar bills each week. Hopefully they don't eat them.