Sinead Ryan: My top tips for cutting down on that back-to-school bill [herald.ie]
- Published: 03 August 2011
YOU know us by our stressed, harried appearance as we traipse around department stores, whingeing children in hand. We don't want to be there; they certainly don't want to be there. Yes -- it's "back to school" shopping time. The bane of every parent's life.
But the biggest obstacle to getting your child re-kitted out for the school is the cost.
Barnardos' survey showed that our "free" education system is nothing of the sort. It costs €350 to send a child to Junior Infants and a whopping €805 to Secondary school. Yikes!
Well, there are some things you can do to cut back on costs. We want the best for our kids, but that doesn't have to mean the most expensive.
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