A back to school section displays items for sale at a Walmart in Dallas on August 12.
Mandatory Credit:	LM Otero/AP via CNN Newsource

A back to school section displays items for sale at a Walmart in Dallas on August 12.
Mandatory Credit: LM Otero/AP via CNN Newsource

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Tariffs are giving parents back-to-school sticker shock

Lisa Ward was startled at the prices on sneakers when she recently went back-to-school shopping for her twin boys. “All of them were at least $10 or $20 more than last year. That pissed me off, but I didn’t have a choice,” said Ward, a finance professional who lives outside of Atlanta.