Some days I wonder how I did it! We provided clothing and shelter for our three boys AND managed to FEED THEM three meals a day for 18+ years, each!
That’s close to 60,000 meals for the three of them, not counting we adults!
You know what? If you can’t afford to feed your own kids - DON’T HAVE KIDS!
(But, also - don’t abort, LOL! Give those kids to someone that HAS the means to care for them, versus letting Mother Government raise them!)
In the 1990s plus, ours only knew garage sale toys and clothes. $25/year could fill a closet with brand new outfits with the tags still on and they were the best dressed kids at school. That savings paid for 4 years of college and not a dime owed at graduation.
Stupid us. Today’s kids get their college paid for with someone else’s money - “Ha, you want me to pay back my loan?!?!?” You get one guess who daughter’s first dorm mate was. Yep, an illegal with a full ride. Talk about a slap in the face. I’ll never get over that.