There are three events during the year that are very financially challenging for parents. Christmas, the holidays, and the start of school. School entry is especially difficult. At Christmas, one can buy modest gifts and bake fewer cookies. School bags, notebooks, covers, art supplies, slippers, gym clothes, gym shoes, and so on. If only school supplies are paid for, there are also not a few payments for school funds, cultural funds, and adaptive courses, and then high school students have to pay for textbooks as well. The total amount is truly enormous, and if a family has several children, even two salaries are not enough. Is there any way to make this situation easier?

Of course, it is advisable not to leave the purchase of supplementary supplies until the last minute. If you continually purchase school supplies, you will not be surprised by the amount of demands at the beginning of September. If you are sending a first grader to school, purchase school supplies well in advance, purchase a briefcase as a Christmas gift, and purchase a fully equipped case.

Doing so will make your child look forward to going to school and save your wallet in early September. If your child is going into the first grade, learn to take advantage of school book exchanges where seniors sell their textbooks at a much lower price. This will save you a lot of money. You can save a lot of money by buying school supplies at warehouse stores. Plan in advance for the cost of school associations and other expenses. In an emergency, you could arrange for the teacher to deliver the money later, but you would be giving the child a bad impression for nothing, and that is certainly not possible.

You may not know this, but parents in dire financial straits may be eligible for a temporary welfare grant that can be used for education-related expenses. This benefit can be used not only for the purchase of equipment, but also for leisure activities, for example.