How to tell your children you can't afford to buy new school gear
by By Erin Ben-Moche, Chicago Tribune
Aug 30, 2017
1 minute
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Q: You can't afford to buy your children brand-new back-to-school gear (backpacks, clothes, lunch boxes, etc.). How do you tell them in a way that won't worry them?
Begin by not beating yourself up.
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