D-FW parents expect to spend $320 on clothing and accessories per child this school year, up from $294 the last school year and higher than the $262 national...
Dallas parents are expected to spend about $885 on average per child this school year, a little more than 25% more than they did a year ago.
The couple began setting out $50 to $100 from each of their paychecks in June, she said. But even though both parents work, “the cost of living is expensive,” Sadler said. The amount of money they’ve saved so far still might not pay for all the supplies.Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth's inflation rate has outpaced the country and the effects are spilling into back-to-school season. D-FW parents are expected to spend more than $100 over what they did per child last year.
Andrea Tirado, a single earner who works as a teller at Wells Fargo making a little more than $32,000 a year, also said that uniforms are the biggest expense she faces when going back-to-school shopping for her 4-year-old daughter. She also has a 3-year-old and an 8-month-old.“It’s very expensive, especially with little kids,” Tirado, 25, said. “Last year, I had to buy 20 shirts because with little kids, it just becomes more expensive because of how they dirty and rip them.
D-FW parents expect to spend $320 on clothing and accessories per child this school year, up from $294 the last school year and higher than the $262 national figure, according to the Deloitte survey.Dallas-area parents also expect to spend, per child, about $558 on tech products, $190 on school supplies and $108 on other items, per the survey results.
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