Pretty well said Desmond. I would add that I would much rather pay money and expose my kid to sports camps, exploring camps, masters of science camps, and stuff like that, which are not cheap rather then have them sit around and watch tv which is very cheap. Same thing with taking them on trips, or fishing, camping, visiting relatives, ballgames and stuff like that. Maybe even learning a musical instrument. My kids love to swim and at first they were down on swim lessons… We did it more for a safety measure then anything else.
The thing I have learned as a parent is how fast it goes by and that the fun period will end once the kid is 13 or so. Then they pretty much don’t want to have anything to do with you.
Forgot to add they loved karate lessons as well.
Add that stuff up over several years and multiple kids… It is not cheap but they enjoyed it all.
