Comments on: How can anyone afford to have kids? http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/2009/07/15/how-can-anyone-afford-to-have-kids/ Raising Good Kids Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:44:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kelly Smith http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/2009/07/15/how-can-anyone-afford-to-have-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-2037 Kelly Smith Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:23:37 +0000 http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/?p=801#comment-2037 where i live people assume their kids will go away to university and that it is important for them to experience this. My children will not be moving away from home for school unless they win scholarships-we will never be able to afford to send all five away to university and pay room and board. i know a ton of people who went away to school and partied so much that they flunked out. not everyone needs to move out for school, and if you pay for it and are accountable for the funds, it is much more appreciated in my opinion! where i live people assume their kids will go away to university and that it is important for them to experience this. My children will not be moving away from home for school unless they win scholarships-we will never be able to afford to send all five away to university and pay room and board. i know a ton of people who went away to school and partied so much that they flunked out. not everyone needs to move out for school, and if you pay for it and are accountable for the funds, it is much more appreciated in my opinion!

]]> By: Becky http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/2009/07/15/how-can-anyone-afford-to-have-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 Becky Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:16:36 +0000 http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/?p=801#comment-1744 I blog about baby budgeting. Kids do cost a fortune but if we are creative, resourceful and community minded i do believe we can affor dmore time with them, Check out my blog at www.babybudgeting.blog.co.uk I blog about baby budgeting. Kids do cost a fortune but if we are creative, resourceful and community minded i do believe we can affor dmore time with them, Check out my blog at http://www.babybudgeting.blog.co.uk

]]> By: Katy http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/2009/07/15/how-can-anyone-afford-to-have-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 Katy Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:32:10 +0000 http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/?p=801#comment-1733 Z, I too was blessed to have parents who paid for my education. And I went to a State school that didn't cost that much. There are many alternatives to fund a college education. Nobody, you are right, not everyone should have kids. It's good that you know what you want or don't want, rather than having kids without serious consideration. On the flip side is someone like Megan Francis that I linked to in this post. She has 4 kids, and people give her "that look". Z, I too was blessed to have parents who paid for my education. And I went to a State school that didn’t cost that much. There are many alternatives to fund a college education.

Nobody, you are right, not everyone should have kids. It’s good that you know what you want or don’t want, rather than having kids without serious consideration.

On the flip side is someone like Megan Francis that I linked to in this post. She has 4 kids, and people give her “that look”.

]]> By: Nobody http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/2009/07/15/how-can-anyone-afford-to-have-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 Nobody Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:25:29 +0000 http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/?p=801#comment-1731 Well, good for you. But sometimes parenting is not for everyone. There are some couples that decided to be childless and it's perfectly fine. I'm in that group too. Sometimes it annoys me when people give me "that look" when I told them about our decision. Well, good for you. But sometimes parenting is not for everyone. There are some couples that decided to be childless and it’s perfectly fine. I’m in that group too. Sometimes it annoys me when people give me “that look” when I told them about our decision.

]]> By: Z http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/2009/07/15/how-can-anyone-afford-to-have-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 Z Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:31:58 +0000 http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/?p=801#comment-1723 I agree with the idea that kids don't have to be expensive, but I also think it is my responsibility to help my children pay for the INSANE cost of college. This has a lot to do, I think, with how much parents value education. My parents always put education first and were able to pay for my entire college education. This allowed me to graduate without debt and since my parents saved wisely (and are very frugal) they don't have any resulting debt either. I am extremely grateful since, being a debt-free graduate has put me way ahead of my peers in terms of career opportunities. I can take the lower paying, but strategically better, job because I don't have loans to pay off. I agree with the idea that kids don’t have to be expensive, but I also think it is my responsibility to help my children pay for the INSANE cost of college. This has a lot to do, I think, with how much parents value education. My parents always put education first and were able to pay for my entire college education. This allowed me to graduate without debt and since my parents saved wisely (and are very frugal) they don’t have any resulting debt either. I am extremely grateful since, being a debt-free graduate has put me way ahead of my peers in terms of career opportunities. I can take the lower paying, but strategically better, job because I don’t have loans to pay off.

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