Opinion

It’s getting creepy at this time of year for many families with children.

It’s not just the Halloween marketing arriving weeks in advance; it’s the cost creep many parents experience as their children return to school this month. School fees, supplies and clothes are one set of costs. Another, often larger financial outlay is registration fees and equipment for hockey, riding, figure skating, indoor soccer and many more.

You name the activity; there are likely parents willing to pay thousands for their children to be active outside of house and school.

“It really does creep up as your child gets older,” says Treena Nault, a certified financial planner at IG Private Wealth Management in Winnipeg.

What might be a few hundred dollars — if that — for swimming and skating lessons i

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