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Growing Up Expenses, Is it about the parents or children

Davidh View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:12 PM Post #1
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Hi Please tell me why parents choose to spend a fortune on accessories for children when they grow out of them so quickly. Would the baby notice if they were in a cheap stroller like your parents had? Or in designer clothes they will soon grow out of? Will they grow up to be a better person? I wonder if spoiling kids is a good thing. They will have enough trouble establishing a unique identity and a life as it is. Is the baby thing about the parents wanting to show off to other parents?

stopwhiningatme View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:24 PM Post #2
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Yes. No flies on you, eh? Noice first post.

Excentrique View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:30 PM Post #3
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If they want to waste money on something that's going to be spewed on and crapped on they can go for their lives!! No skin off my nose.

lafonda View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:31 PM Post #4
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Bored?

Beltie View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:34 PM Post #5
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Interesting first post. I can see that you have used question marks but it seems you don't really want an answer so I won't offer one.

qak View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:36 PM Post #6
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QUOTE (Beltie @ 08/02/2013, 01:34 PM) Interesting first post. I think he saw the price of a Bugaboo ...

Funwith3 View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:37 PM Post #7
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Because they want good quality?? And because they can? And for me - sometimes I like to drrss my girls nicely.

Cacti View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:38 PM Post #8
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QUOTE (qak @ 08/02/2013, 12:36 PM) I think he saw the price of a Bugaboo ... For fun, my mum told my brother that it's tradition that the baby's uncle pays for the pram, then showed him the price of a Bugaboo. Poor guy believed her too. This post has been edited by Cacti: 08/02/2013, 12:38 PM

BadCat View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:40 PM Post #9
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Because people are weird. Every last one of them.

50ftqueenie View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 12:40 PM Post #10
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I know everyone has to post for the first time, but I find this an odd first post on a parenting forum. I'm not sure you meant this, but it comes across as very "parents these days are doing everything wrong" and you know what, I think we all get that message loud and clear. If your question is genuine, just poorly worded. SOME parents spend a lot on baby things for the same reason anybody buys luxury goods. Sometimes it's a question of quality or design. Sometimes it's because they are show offs that attach value to superficial things.

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