# of kids=total income?

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# of kids=total income?
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Tue, 07-24-2007 - 10:26pm

How did your household income/potential income influence the number of children in your family? Did you and dh stop at a certain number of kids because you wanted to be able to provide certain things for each child?

Robin

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:05pm

The link clearly shows that competitive dance classes can be expensive.

PumpkinAngel

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Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:06pm
There could be a ton of reasons - quality of the program, ability to carpool with someone else already using that program or playing in that league, cost, time/day of lessons/classes/games/competition, and who knows what else.
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Registered: 07-26-2007
Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:07pm

I know that some people live in a nicer area than I do. Sorry. habit!

People who live in affluent areas don't really homeschool. Sorry again about that.

I'm glad you know for a fact that you don't live right next door to a child molester. i didn't realize they wear badges now!

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:07pm
Even when a school system is very good, private school can be an excellent chpoice for some. I live in an area with very good public schools. Yet some parents still send their kids to private schools NOT to escape the public schools, but to get something the public schools can't offer such as language immersion (by which I mean, the entire school speaks X, rather than just in a language class) or focused programs for arts or disabilities.
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Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:08pm

That's exactly it for me, 40 is in sight. DH is 39 so at least he treads there before me,lol.

Amy

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Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:10pm
She was providing a website that supported her statement that 'dance CAN cost $185 or more per week'. That's it. Doesn't have to be a dance studio that someone she knows attends. She doesn't have to know anything about the program. Same thing if I said 'a single pair of pants CAN cost $2500'. All I need to do is find a link to ANY website that has a pair of pants for at least $2500. What is so hard to understand - this isn't rocket science!
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:10pm

You know....I thought the same thing with my kids.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:10pm
Its about quality. The Joffrey ballet is a national, premier company. They have troupes in Chicago NYC and all over. It s just not an equal comparison. If I lived anywhere in Misery, sorry about that typo, ummm Missouri, then I'd drive sixty minutes too. ;)
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:11pm

<<No, she just linked something that was in a high col area, not even mine to prove the point that dance can be expensive. >>


Exactly and it proved it nicely.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 07-27-2007 - 2:11pm
It doesn't much matter if she knows anything about them. The only thing she needs to do is give an example of dance lessons for kids that cost>185$/week. It doesn't matter at all whether or not this is the norm or if the school is radically overpriced and not worth it or whether it is attended only by children who will someday be pro dancers. The only thing needed is to show that such a place exists. Done.

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