i was one of those stay at home moms and it wasn’t tuition that sent us to a second income when the kids were all in school, it was clothes and expenses attached to having older kids. Granted tuition is plenty but our kids wore hand me downs and last years styles and they rode $30 tricycles from target. Camp was a non issue- we played together all summer. Tzitzis for my young boys ran $7-10. The ones they wear today (and I am completely grateful they do!) run $35-40. There were little boys suits in a local store for $30 (pure synthetic) that looked beautiful. Haircuts – free back then. Except for the wahl haircutter I had to replace every 8 years or so. Hats? Shoes? Drivers ed? Car insurance????
Sure tuition is over my head and plane tickets to yeshiva and home (Thank Gd again) materialize from nowhere but I couldn’t peg that as the reason I went back to work.
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