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Prom Is The New Wedding With Average Layout Of $1,078

Families with teens can expect to pay more than $200 more than was spent, on average, last year for the annual high school dance. That’s according to data from a survey released by Visa based on 1,000 telephone interviews.  "This is social-arms-race spending. It's extreme," says Jason Alderman, director of Visa's financial education programs. Spending has been driven to never-before-seen levels as teens are influenced by everything from celebrities and reality TV to the prevalence of social media, experts say.

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