re: Parents of the OT: How much do you spend on your kids' activities?

The kids each get to pick one thing a year.

I told my wife we are not running ourselves nuts and broke to do everything.

My girl does ballet @ $35 month. All year

My boy does soccer in fall and might do baseball in spring.

Last boy still too young.

Momma stays home with the kids as she quit teaching. I'm not going into the poor house over activities. I still like sitting at night eating as a family. I also have to work overtime and its hit or miss. Hard to do to much because of that alone.

I watched friends drive themselves and kids nuts and pay a fortune to do so...frick that

I think basketball, AAU etc. runs me @ $5K a year.

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frickkkk... My daughter is 3 and ballet alone is over a $100 a month! It's retarded... Then there is swim lessons which are $75 a month. Then gymnastics, that't $85 a month. All of that shite doesn't include all of the BS equipment and uniforms you have to purchase.... It's a rip off... But if my daughter enjoys it, which she does, then its worth it

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3. not worth it

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Don't know. Don't want to know. It's all been for them and their development. Made some great friends along the way. It saddens me that I only have a few more years left to do it.

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Exactly.

If there is ever something to spend money on, it's my kids education and sports/activities that will influence them tremendously.

I have 2 daughters that cheer - both do school cheer and all-star (it's kind of like traveling baseball.
I spend 1100$ per girl for school cheer. I pay 300$ per month each, for all-star cheer PLUS the cost of shoes, uniforms etc AND the travel costs for competitions. I have never sat down and figured all that out and I never will. It would be too depressing.
Oh and the private lessons, can't forget the private lessons. Yep. That can 60$ an hour.
One daughter plays volleyball. That runs about $500 for school and I spend about $1500 for club for the season.
I have one that runs track - aside from shoes and uniform, I might spend a few hundred on speed camps.
Long story short, parents of young kids, get them on the track. It is the cheapest route. And there are a lot of scholarship opportunities for middle-distance runners.
Baseball? Forget about it. My son played school and travel ball. I am not going to think about what all that cost.

It's a shite ton of time and money, but it keeps them busy and out of trouble. They all need to do some kind of sport or activity.

On the plus sides my girls are making $20 to $30 per hour doing private lessons for younger kids. That sure beats the wages at the Chick Fil A.
If my kids are willing to put in the time and effort to excel at their chosen sports, I am willing to pay for it.

I don't really want to know. I know that between dance classes, middle school and high school dance teams, I spent a college education already and she is just entering high school.

For the 1st time is 10 years "zero"

before that any where from $300 - $2,000 a year depending on if both kids were playing. (Soccer and Basketball)

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Music and ballet class for a 16 month old: approximately $1,300 for the fall session.

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excellent choices!

Y'all in the Pass? I was under the impression that the public system there is very good, my side of the bridge not so much. Hell, I think private school over here is a bit weak...but hopefully St Stannislaus will be better.

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Honestly more than we can afford. But thank goodness for credit cards.

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This sounds lovely.