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The Strategy

Submitted by DivaJean on November 20, 2007 - 11:09.

Keeping real with what you can afford and not caring about what the others have.

It's very hard to do though! Especially when the kidlets start in on "but so & so has a Wii" "So & so go to Disney World 4 times a year."

I always point out to them what they DO have- one stay at home mom always available to them- and me- always minus 40 hours/week. So & so's parents take him to Disney to make up for times they haven't had in the day to day-- meanwhile, we've spent real time together knowing each other and learning from one another. But the kids, being young, just see fun they've missed out. In the long run, we know we'll have done the best we could by them, rather than paying them off for complacency as many parents do.

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