This new Target shopping trend is the cutest thing—unless you’re the parent of an older student

There’s a new social media trend that has some parents cringing and checking their bank balances. That’s because it involves parents taking their kids to Target ahead of back-to-school time, but not just for No. 2 pencils, binders, and graphing calculators. Parents are letting their kids pick out the same number of items as the grade they’re about to enter. For example, first graders would get to bring home one new item, second graders get two, and so on. Family influ...