Do you want your child to perceived as poor?

<Looking around at my frugal lifestyle> Honestly? Yeah, kinda!

I don’t want them to get bullied for not having trendy shoes or something like that, obviously, but I’m hoping to instill in them the right values and attitudes to be the kids who are perceived as cool for bucking the trend instead of conforming to it.

See also: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/03/07/frugality-the-new-fanciness/