Inequality is widening even in middle class children

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We live in a nice, mc road. Kids all go to the nice state schools nearby & most of the kids went to activities in the evening. Since September those kids have been out playing since 9 even after dark some as old as 4... I asked dd why her friends were no longer coming to karate & soccer, she said their parents can't afford it.. I met one of our neighbours this evening who said they had to cut right back on extras for the kids due to the cost of living.. Feel so sorry for the kids.. The inequality used be between the working class & middle class now many of the middle class can no longer afford what they used be able to.. Aibu to think this or is it just my perception?

'Yes but the families who now are cutting back on karate may just be the families who can no longer afford to contribute food & essentials to your nurseries group as they need to spend that money on their own families now. Can you not see where this is going?'

and yet, the people who are most generous with donations, and their time, are overwhelmingly poorer people, WC people, who want to help their own communities and because they know what it's like to need a little help.

I work FT in a 'MC' profession but grew up poor. I volunteer at a local ' difficult' school, and for a local foodbank. My fellow volunteers are overhelmingly WC people. The well-off aren't interested at all in helping out.

It's a myth that the wealthy share their wealth - they sock that money away in pensions or for their kids or spend it on private schooling. Then complain that they're 'struggling'.

I feel it hard to care bout MC kid playing outside rather than going to organised paid for activities. Perhaps a bit of free play and freedom from endless schedules might do them some good.
When they get the point where they can't afford uniforms, or fresh fruit and veg, or warm home - I'll have some empathy. It's not likely though, is it?