Yeah, if I had kids they might end up resenting me.  There would be none of that.  No Halloween, no T.V., no movies.  Just apocalyptic prophecy by candlelight -- and for dinner, bowlfuls of Malt-O-Meal with some jelly for taste ( since I'd have as many kids as I could, I couldn't afford McDonald's very often. )

I'm joking, maybe.  But I had such an indulged, spoiled childhood and early manhood that undoubtedly I'd rule my kids with an iron rod.  The fact is, though, it doesn't cost as much to raise kids as we pretend in the modern world.  It's just the peer pressure of having to have all this trash.

Although the expenses in that article seem very low... Around here, you should see the elaborate Halloween decorations.  It is disturbing how much people love this "holiday."