I grew up poor on LI I went to a school woth lots of wealthy families and all the kids wen tto sleep away camp. My parents count not afford that but I dreamed of going. I still re...
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get not going and that is why I am sending my kids I think its such a great experience. I hope they love it even though they are scared
posted June 10th, 2016 at 9:51am in
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- Camp always sounded like torture to me. 6-10-2016 9:51am +1 like
- OP asorry I cant type i have a hand injury 6-10-2016 9:52am
- This will be my kids. WE moved from bklyn to Marlboro & the kid here are very wealthy. My kids are def the poor folk out of hte bunch. 6-10-2016 9:54am
- ^^ our mantra is "stay in school! earn good money! you'll never have to suffer through" 6-10-2016 9:54am
- "Poor" 6-10-2016 9:55am
- She made that pretty clear from what she wrote. Why point out what is obvious? 6-10-2016 9:58am
- Real poor or YBM poor? 6-10-2016 9:57am +1 like
- to me YBM poor is 100k living in NYC. Growing up we had no moeny for things other than the basics, no vacations, no fancy anything. I always ate and had a roof over my head 6-10-2016 9:59am
- I believed you. I'm addressing marlborough mom. 6-10-2016 10:01am
- I answered you below 6-10-2016 10:05am
- well I mean, we both have jobs. But our house is TINY. Kids come over & ask where is the toy room/basement/backyard. We have none of those. My kids can't really be on any...(more) 6-10-2016 10:01am
"teams" for dance or tymnastics since they are so expensive. We can't do sleepaway camp. We don't go on vacations. Last week, I chaperoned a class trip. AT lunch, we set out blankets & everyone took out their lunches. I can't tell how many had bought lunches. I made dd & I white bread sandwiches!! they had subway, etc. I don't drive a designer car. Yes, I realize just like you, that all of these things are a priveledge. That's bc we didnt' grow up with it. My kids will. They want to know why everyone else has a basement or go skiing and Disney and aruba. why do their moms get to stay home and I have to work. Why can't they get sushi for lunch? It is hard to have that in your face. It is the norm here.
- I grew up middle class but went to sleep away camp, I did not see the value in it and never sent my children, no regrets 6-10-2016 10:04am
- Were you in a Jewish area? 6-10-2016 10:04am
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