Peer pressure adds to the rising cost of back to school for parents

[veritech]

White People Problems :facepalm:

Parents spend thousands buying back to school equipment for their children and feel under pressure to splash out on non-essential items to help their kids fit in.

Parents are getting into debt to pay for their children’s back to school essentials, according to new research.

It’s not just new pencil cases that are in demand. Modern parents are under increasing pressure to buy their kids the latest hi-tech gadgets, with more than a quarter (26 per cent) admitting they feel under pressure to buy their child a smartphone, the survey by VoucherCodes.co.uk found.

Some lucky children will be the envy of all their friends, with one in ten parents prepared to spend more than £300 on an iPad for them. But the pressure to provide the best means a third of parents predict they will get themselves in to debt with these purchases.

One of the reasons for this extortionate spending is because 40 per cent of parents are concerned about their child fitting in at school.

“Secondary school can be a particularly tough time for children, and parents naturally want to make sure their kids are happy and fit in with their peers,” said Duncan Jennings, co-founder of VoucherCodes.co.uk.

“Kitting kids out for school is an expensive business, but by shopping smartly parents can still afford to buy their children the latest must-have gadgets without breaking the bank.”
Gadgets aside, another study found that parents spend on average £209.72 preparing their child for the start of the new school year.

With the average family in Britain having two children, this means parents are spending around £419.44 each year - or £5,033 over a child’s 12 year education – on back to school gear.

And with the country still in a recession, parents across the UK are still feeling the pinch. Three quarters admit they’re worried about how they will afford the basics for their child in the new school year.

One in five parents even admitted sending their child to school in uniform too small as they couldn’t afford to buy a new one.

“To help ease the burden of the new school year there are a few simple steps that can be taken,” said Amee Chande, MD, UK Retail and Direct at Staples, which commissioned the second study.

"Parents shouldn't feel they have to replace everything with something new, just because it's a new school year.”

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/peer-...ising-cost-of-back-to-school-for-parents.html

 

[gdatruth]

a top of the line smart phone or ipad i think would do more harm than good. It'll be a major distraction to most kids before you take into consideration it might get stolen or damage.

 

[doggish_098]

are the children falling victim to peer pressure or are the parents


when i was a kid the only "cool" "in style" "hip" things i got were sneakers. all that other trendy shit just didnt fly in my home growing up.

 

[BRUHA]

It reminds me of this conversation this lady was having in the airport a few weeks ago with some random stranger. She was complaining about how her kids go to school with children ehose parents oen private jets. She explained that her husband was a successful lawyer and that she didn't want her kids to feel like the "poor kids". It's a lack os proper perspective from parents and children that leads to ridicoulous spending like this. Talk about 1st world problems.

 

[veritech]

It reminds me of this conversation this lady was having in the airport a few weeks ago with some random stranger. She was complaining about how her kids go to school with children ehose parents oen private jets. She explained that her husband was a successful lawyer and that she didn't want her kids to feel like the "poor kids". It's a lack os proper perspective from parents and children that leads to ridicoulous spending like this. Talk about 1st world problems.

cosign.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

are the children falling victim to peer pressure or are the parents:confused:


when i was a kid the only "cool" "in style" "hip" things i got were sneakers. all that other trendy shit just didnt fly in my home growing up.

Both but it seems to be worse with the parents who should know better.

It reminds me of this conversation this lady was having in the airport a few weeks ago with some random stranger. She was complaining about how her kids go to school with children ehose parents oen private jets. She explained that her husband was a successful lawyer and that she didn't want her kids to feel like the "poor kids". It's a lack os proper perspective from parents and children that leads to ridicoulous spending like this. Talk about 1st world problems.

 

[ballscout1]

HA...my aughter told me she needed scientific calcualtor for school.

But it hjad to be the ti-84..

So I bought it.....My grandson said he needed a scientific calcualtor for school and his teacher said they have one for like 15 dollars at Walmart.

So I went and got that for him....When I looked at the two side by side I asked my daughter what her 120 dollar calculator did that his 15 dollar calculator didn't do ?


She said she didn't know but hers had to be cute.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

HA...my aughter told me she needed scientific calcualtor for school.

But it hjad to be the ti-84..

So I bought it.....My grandson said he needed a scientific calcualtor for school and his teacher said they have one for like 15 dollars at Walmart.

So I went and got that for him....When I looked at the two side by side I asked my daughter what her 120 dollar calculator did that his 15 dollar calculator didn't do ?


She said she didn't know but hers had to be cute.

You got got.

 

[ballscout1]

You got got.

constantly.....

 

[Mello Mello]

Back to school essentials?

Notebooks, paper, pens, pencils and calculator. Essentials.

Now mofos gotta have ipads, kindles, smartphones, Jordans, and whatever the latest gear is to go back to school.

 

[The Untouchable GDFOLKS]

If they deserve it an earned it then I believe kids should have those things. My daughter is going to know that she will be rewarded for doing what she is supposed to do.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

If they deserve it an earned it then I believe kids should have those things. My daughter is going to know that she will be rewarded for doing what she is supposed to do.

That's cool but I don't want my son thinking that's how the world works or that it should.
I've raised him to do what he's supposed to do because he's supposed to do it not because there's a prize at the end. The extra is just that "extra".
And if you want because other people have it, then you don't get it because that's the exact wrong mentality for a young person to develop.

 

[NewyorkRealTalk]

That's cool but I don't want my son thinking that's how the world works or that it should.
I've raised him to do what he's supposed to do because he's supposed to do it not because there's a prize at the end. The extra is just that "extra".
And if you want because other people have it, then you don't get it because that's the exact wrong mentality for a young person to develop.

Gs3

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

HA...my aughter told me she needed scientific calcualtor for school.

But it hjad to be the ti-84..

So I bought it.....My grandson said he needed a scientific calcualtor for school and his teacher said they have one for like 15 dollars at Walmart.

So I went and got that for him....When I looked at the two side by side I asked my daughter what her 120 dollar calculator did that his 15 dollar calculator didn't do ?


She said she didn't know but hers had to be cute.

There's a difference. A big difference. If you have trig and up, the 84 can be a life saver.