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> Growing Up Expenses, Is it about the parents or children
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Davidh
post 08/02/2013, 12:12 PM
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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?
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post 08/02/2013, 12:24 PM
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Yes.

No flies on you, eh? Noice first post.
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post 08/02/2013, 12:30 PM
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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.

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post 08/02/2013, 12:31 PM
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Bored?
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post 08/02/2013, 12:34 PM
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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.
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post 08/02/2013, 12:36 PM
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QUOTE (Beltie @ 08/02/2013, 01:34 PM) *
Interesting first post.


I think he saw the price of a Bugaboo ...
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post 08/02/2013, 12:37 PM
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Because they want good quality?? And because they can? And for me - sometimes I like to drrss my girls nicely.
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post 08/02/2013, 12:38 PM
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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.

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post 08/02/2013, 12:40 PM
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Because people are weird. Every last one of them.
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post 08/02/2013, 12:40 PM
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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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