[tonyedgecombe]

You can do kids on a budget, plenty of people do.

[unixhero]

Yeah. That happened to me. Cannot recommend this. AT ALL.

[jlebrech]

you have to home school to be on budget, otherwise they come home from school wanting new things. which also means your partner cannot have a full time job or has to work remote too.

you could start a remote business and make the hours longer allowing for kid related interruptions.

[tonyedgecombe]

otherwise they come home from school wanting new things

Indulging them is probably the worst thing you can do, just say no.

[jlebrech]

i guess being told 'no' is part of the learning experience.

[kbart]

In most European countries your children would be taken away by the responsible institutions if you tried to raise them in a trailer.

[madeofpalk]

I feel like there's a middle ground though between spending lots of money raising kids in a London penthouse, and raising them in a van.

[jlebrech]

manchester council house. if you have children you'll get the house.