Affording the Costs of Your Kid’s Sports
Kids like to play and that’s a good thing. Playing promotes health and fitness and being part of a sports team of any kind is not only a terrific way to make friends, it’s also a lot of fun.
But playing sports can be costly and not everyone can pay for it.
A recent survey published in The Globe and Mail estimates the annual cost of children’s sports at just under $1,000 per child. As your child becomes more developed and competitive, those expenses increase.
Yet many Canadians do not build these costs into their budgets; simply winging it and hoping to pay each bill: for travel expenses, summer training camps, new uniforms and equipment and on and on, as it comes up.