i know what you mean about daycare costs. when i go back to work i will have to work nights and weekend nights while my family watches my kids so i can be home during days to avoid daycare costs!

and i know what you mean about all the stuff kids get. i think some of the kids are gonna go thru more shock than the adults!

I always raised my girls frugal cause we never had alot!
but my kids know other kids who get whatever they want. one in particular used to bug me to buy starbucks and i was constantly saying no 24/7...my kids were horrified/ we had to finally stop inviting this kid out with us on outings cause whenever i or my daughters said no this girl( neighbor kid) would throw a tantrum cause she didnt get her dolce latte or iced mocha! my girls were so horrified by the girls behavior and found it so inapropriate it was one of the many reasons they stopped being friends with the girl.

and the sad thing there are so many kids like that....the parents give them whatever they want thou they cant afford it...to shut them up or makeup for ignoring them! I think if we have a recessions some of those households are gonna have kids experiencing even more withdrawls and meltdowns than the parents!

I think thats so sad!