this thread is like the jelly of the month club ... THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING!
So you've set the bar for raising kids at third-world levels? Pretty sure all the other first world nations value extracurricular activities and consider them part of raising your kids. I suppose you'd make your 8yo son get a job to pay for little league if you had one? WTF is wrong with you. There are ways to teach your kids the value of money without being a self-righteous dickhead about it. I doubt track is going to be any cheaper, lol.Only in America "extra" activities after school are considered "part of raising kids"
You see, around the world kids don't have such luxuries.
So it all depends on perspective......yours doesn't exactly line up with reality (which is ok, I'm Americanized as well, but I don't forget where I come from).
I have a feeling buying your kid an Iphone and paying services, buying a Car at 16/insurance/fix/........is ALL part of parenting TO YOU.
Riiiight
I'm just sayin, Vdub is complaining about paying $720....he should be complaining about his daughter wanting to go after an activity that sexualizes and objectifies women.
Perhaps, but as I already pointed out - at least this activity will keep her busy. That is time that she might otherwise be spending in the skinny jeans of the boys around her school.
Would rather have a daughter into cheerleading then nothing at all, leaving her with time to do much more sexual things than dancing around in sexy outfits
Have you ever seen one of Vdub's parenting threads? He is a pretty restrictive parent.
So, have a Cheerleader daughter who is SO fucking ironic, you know?
Cause...everyone knows how that story goes....
I thought she would be in a club more along the lines of Future Nuns of America or a Chastity Circle or something.
The parents that restrict their daughters the most are the ones who have the most sexually active daughters. So I guess it goes without saying that at least some of my predictions will come true
If it were up to him, kids wouldn't be doing these "expensive" activities, and just play klasy and chlopek all day.
Keep on smoking that weed while your children hate you.
It's not a crime to be a bad parent, so no worries there. They'll just resent you forever.
My wife and I are working on kids, so I have been trying to get into the mindset.
The more I think about it, the more I feel I would just pay stuff like this to make sure my child couldn't get into worse. I would look at it as a $700 investment that at least that many hours after school and on weekends she isn't doing drugs or getting pregnant.
Same thing with a smartphone. Any daughter of mine is going to have an iPhone first time she wants one. Thanks to apps like "Find my iPhone" I would consider the $100 monthly phone bill the fee to be able to know where my child is at any time.
Life is all about opportunity costs. If your kids are spoiled but they go to college, get married at the right time to the right guy (and not just the high school BF that knocked her up), and go on to have a good career and their own normal family, then wasn't all those "bribes" over the years to stay on path actually a good investment?
Only in America "extra" activities after school are considered "part of raising kids"
You see, around the world kids don't have such luxuries.
So it all depends on perspective......yours doesn't exactly line up with reality (which is ok, I'm Americanized as well, but I don't forget where I come from).
I have a feeling buying your kid an Iphone and paying services, buying a Car at 16/insurance/fix/........is ALL part of parenting TO YOU.
Riiiight
Everyone is attractive.
...in some form or another.
I'm just sayin, Vdub is complaining about paying $720....he should be complaining about his daughter wanting to go after an activity that sexualizes and objectifies women.
Why don't you charger her a quarter towards the water bill every time she flushes the toilet? Some parts of the world don't have running water.
totally agree.
the whole point of cheer leading is to look at the girls in skimpy outfits. They are better off going for softball or such.
Maybe professional cheer leading when the girls are over 18 years old, but high school cheer leading is about other things.
Creep.
That's right, Clark...the gift that keeps on giving. I do love how the OP won't address the issue myself, AMD, and Puddle Jumper have brought up that he is begrudges his daughter about him having to possibly spend $720 for cheerleading but he has no qualms about spending probably more on his drug habit. LOL.
Originally Posted by Vdubchaos
Only in America "extra" activities after school are considered "part of raising kids"
You see, around the world kids don't have such luxuries.
So it all depends on perspective......yours doesn't exactly line up with reality (which is ok, I'm Americanized as well, but I don't forget where I come from).
I have a feeling buying your kid an Iphone and paying services, buying a Car at 16/insurance/fix/........is ALL part of parenting TO YOU.
Riiiight
So what? If he earned the money, he gets to decide where to spend it.
Letting his daughter earn the money to pay for her recreational activities is not a bad thing.
Child Protective Services would disagree.
Unless that kills her motivation to do the said extracurricular activity which:
1. Could possibly earn her a scholarship for a lot more than $700
2. Or at the very least make her that much more attractive to a better university which will lead to far more than $700 in extra lifetime earning potential for her
3. Or at the very very least means that she has that much less free time to get pregnant and ruin her life
So what? If he earned the money, he gets to decide where to spend it. Letting his daughter earn the money to pay for her recreational activities is not a bad thing.
child protection ain't going to give a shit he won't pay $700 for cheerleading. long as she has a roof over head, food and clothes anything else is a bonus.
1-3 again while possible he is doing it right. AT her age she needs to help contribute to extra activities she wants to compete in. Though i am also one that feels a kid shouldn't have to work 30 hours a week either. they should have to help out for shit they want.
My gut feeling is that you're wanting to start and argument for argument's sake and I won't bite on it.
CPS would care about drug use in the same house as the child. That was what I was responding to.