tootsieroll
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Post by tootsieroll on Mar 11, 2014 10:51:42 GMT -5
I have been staying home with my kids (ages 6.5 and 4 year old twins), so we never had the daycare cost. But, I was in for a shock with costs associated with a school aged child. $40 school pics, $50 PTA fundraiser (the only one I contribute to), $200 Daisy scouts (dues, two camping trips, other activities), $85 soccer, $85 basketball, $40 tee ball. Of course many of these are optional activities and comparing my list to parents who pay monthly dance or gymnastics tuition, our costs are minor.
I do want a part time job (ideally a part-time Spanish teaching job) when all three are in school. I need to be the flexible parent because of my husband's schedule. Before / after care costs $90 a week x 3 kids, $1080 a month, which would be pretty steep. I would prefer a job where my income is mostly profit for the family.
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NomoreDramaQ1015
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Mar 11, 2014 10:56:17 GMT -5
I don't expect to recoup everything we pay for daycare but at least with school age expenses I can pick/choose where I want. My kid does not HAVE to do monthly dance or gymnastics, I don't HAVE to buy the expensive shoes, etc. I pretty much HAVE to pay for daycare if DH and I both want to keep our jobs. So I am stuck taking it up the butt on that expense. I found most don't vary all that much where it makes a significant difference in costs and the clock is ticking on getting a slot. She can wait a year to dance while I price check studios, I can't wait a year to pick a daycare if I want to get into one before she doesn't need it anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2014 11:27:22 GMT -5
When I was working, we paid $200 a month for after school care (not bad). Plus $50 a day for days school was closed (And there are a lot of closed days). Summer was expensive, between $250-350 a week, depending where we sent her. She needed 2 phases of braces, that is $150 a month ($4,200 out of pocket for phase 2). She has done swim lessons, gymnastics, soccer, and now she is into music. Can't remember the price of most of them, except that gymnastics were really expensive and when she looked into cheering, it was crazy expensive. School also always seems to need a check for something, trips, pictures or a special outfit with x colors.... We are also putting away about $8,000 a year for college.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2014 18:37:18 GMT -5
I have a mentor in a high profile position who said her interior designer set up her home office so that her daughter's desk faced hers. She came home from school and did her homework in the office with mom. She said it was the best set-up and she never would have considered it without the help of the designer.
LOL! I can't afford an interior designer (and I'm not sure I'd even want to hire one if I could, nothing wrong with that but I've never felt the need to.)
But DD, DS3 and I all tend to work together on the DR table. They do their homework, and I do my prep / marking. We have a very "lived in" house though, no space is off limits, or "just for guests" (except the guest bedroom). Maybe that's why?!
I don't think you need an interior designer to set up a friendly space / environment for kids or parents to work in. This said, I'm a neat freak, and my house is always very neat and inviting, with CLEAR SURFACES. I'm sure that helps. (The work surfaces must be cleared up every evening, unless there's a special project going on.)
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MarleyKeezy78
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Mar 11, 2014 20:02:36 GMT -5
Damn, and I was pissy because I had to spend $75 to get DS's birth cert. rush ordered tonight because we are signing him up for kindergarten this week and realised we never got one
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gooddecisions
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Post by gooddecisions on Mar 11, 2014 21:27:02 GMT -5
I have a mentor in a high profile position who said her interior designer set up her home office so that her daughter's desk faced hers. She came home from school and did her homework in the office with mom. She said it was the best set-up and she never would have considered it without the help of the designer.LOL! I can't afford an interior designer (and I'm not sure I'd even want to hire one if I could, nothing wrong with that but I've never felt the need to.) But DD, DS3 and I all tend to work together on the DR table. They do their homework, and I do my prep / marking. We have a very "lived in" house though, no space is off limits, or "just for guests" (except the guest bedroom). Maybe that's why?! I don't think you need an interior designer to set up a friendly space / environment for kids or parents to work in. This said, I'm a neat freak, and my house is always very neat and inviting, with CLEAR SURFACES. I'm sure that helps. (The work surfaces must be cleared up every evening, unless there's a special project going on.) The point was, when you work from home...often your home office becomes "off limits" to the rest of the family. You have your computer, printer, phone, web-cam, important documents, office chair, etc all set up a certain way and don't want them tampered with. Working from the kitchen or a dining room table is not really the same either. If it weren't for a third person coming in and setting that desk up facing hers, she would have never considered it, thinking having her daughter in her home office would be disruptive. And, I wouldn't have either, so I'm glad she mentioned how successful it is...from both a work and mother/daughter relationship perspective.
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