How to Money · Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Jesse Mecham shares his family's approach to raising seven children, advocating for a 'rec league' mentality in parenting to manage costs and time. This means avoiding expensive travel sports and year-round commitments, which can significantly reduce the financial and time burden associated with raising a family.
“You can also just be what I call a rec league family and that removes. A lot of cost of kid What does that mean.”
“Because you're not doing the travel sports and all the things, Yeah, like getting your kids private tutors and and you know, deciding that they're going to be a lecross phenom when they're four and then they need like, you know, I'm being I'm being a little little facetious, but people can spend a lot of money not being a rec league family, and if you're a rec lead family, it stays pretty affordable.”
“So maybe consider rec league.”