Interesting Article on Minimalist Child Spending

[dbanta]

Came across this article today and thought I would share.  A woman shares her story of trying to spend $0 on her 2 year old for a year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/10211090/Successful-parenting-without-spending-money-a-mothers-story.html

[Ottawa]

Thanks for sharing!
An interesting blog for sure!
http://www.freeourkids.co.uk/category/rules/

[tpozywio]

Thanks!

[soccerluvof4]

Its a good article. Kids clothes seem to be so easy to get from family and stuff for nothing. We have 4 kids and never seemed to buy many. We also were not big toy buyers because they seemed to play with them for a day and then be bored anyhow. A little creativeness can save a fortune.

[Milspecstache]

Fantastic article.  The author has a real talent for writing!

I knew she would mention the cardboard boxes...  even when I was a child I sometimes preferred the big boxes to the toys themselves!

[Cwadda]

Good article. My gift for my first Christmas was a pair of slippers. Why? Because I didn't need anything else, and I wasn't old enough to even know or care what was going on.

[Mark31]

This is fantastic!! Thank you for this link.

I'm expecting another baby in August, and I've had it in my mind to have a "$100 baby", to spend no more than $100 in/for it's first year.

This site should definitely help with ideas and motivation.

[SisterX]

My daughter is 4 months old and I really can't imagine spending anywhere $1000 each year on my child.  (Yes, I realize the article was in pounds.)  Or even $500, and I'm keeping a spreadsheet of what we have had to buy for her. 

[ABC123]

I didn't read the article, so if this was mentioned I apologize.  But I think it would have to depend on what is being included.  Are food or daycare expenses included in that?  Or is this just talking about clothes and toys and trips to the zoo type of stuff?  If you take out food and daycare, we spend very little on our kids.  We get oodles of hand me down clothes, and we could probably clothe the entire daycare if needed.  And very generous grandparents provide more toys and games and puzzles than they can play with.