Crippling Cost of Sending Kids ‘Back to School’ Including Uniform Hits £ 845
The Annual Outlay for the Start of the School Term is a Big Drain on Family Finance – But Include Demands for the Latest Trains, Gadgets and Happy Haircuts
The Crippling Cost of Getting Kids Back to School Ready is Being Made Worsse by Pester Power, Research Suggests.
Mary Parents Say They Face Demands from their Kids to have the latest gadgets, trainers, and events before the start of term.
That is on top of the usual outlay for school uniforms, sports kit and the rest which can blow a hole in family budgets at this time of year. IT COMES AFTER A SUMMER WHICH, FOR MANY, HAS LEFT THEIR HOUSEHOLD FINANCE IN A THREADBARE STATE.
A new Report from refurbished Marketplace Back Market Suggests Parents Are Now Being Pestered by Their Kids to Pay an Avent £ 845 on New Gear for School.
More than Half of Mums and Dads Questioned Said a New School Bag was a “must have” – if in reality the one would have done.
Around a Third Say they have pestered into buying the latest brand trains, or a new lunchbox, and 28% Say their Kids Expect to be able to go on an Expensive School Trip.
Almost a Quarter (23%) of Parents have been told by their child they have a new laptop for school. And the Same Percentage Say their Kids Are Requesting a New iPhone or Other Smartphone for the Start of the School Term, Often to Keep Up With Their Mates.
Some of the Pestering is Being Driven by Social Media and Merchandise and Products Plugged online. IT HAS SEEN STANLY CUPS DEMANDED BY ONE IN 10 MODERN KIDS, AS WELL AS SKIN CARE FADS.
But the result of all this Expensa Comes at A Big Cost to the Parents’ Bank Balances, with Eight in 10 Saying They Will Struggle to Afford and Their Child for Back to School.
The Survey Also found that 36% felt that there is too is too Associated with Having the Latest Tech and Gear, and a Quarter Say the Costs Are Out of Control.
Three Quarters insist they are told regularly by their kids that everyone Else’s pars have bought their children the latest gadgets.
Luke Forshaw, Head of Brand and Marketing at Back Market, Said: “The Data Shows Just How Much Money Parents are expeded to the fork out for their children’s back-to-school Items-with tech Emerging as the Biggest on Parents’ Pockets.
“We have understand that kids may be under to go back to school with the iPhones, laptops and tablets, but there are to keep these costs down, receive Quality devices, while Also looking the planet.
“That’s why refurbished is the perfect solution: it offers palents affordable Options and Gives Kids High-Quality Devices they can be proud of.”
Back to School ‘Must Haves’
- New School Bag 53% (of Parents Will Fork Out for This)
- New Uniform Items 45%
- New Pe 42%
- New Hoodies / Jumpers 35%
- New Lunchbox 35%
- New Branded Trains 32%
- An upcoming School Trip 28%
- A new laptop 23%
- New iPhone or 23% smartphone
- A New Tablet / iPad 20%
- New Haircut 18%
- New Headphones/Airpods 14%
- Skincare, Haircare and Cosmetics 14%
- Tiktok-Famous Food & Drink Items (Bubble Tea, Prime, Starbucks, etc.)-9%
- New Makeup – 8%