Children are expensive to raise. $381k over 17yrs

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Roguestar

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Bet you aren't thinking of that when you're banging the little blond cutie and thinking "I hope she's on the pill" ;).
 
waggy

waggy

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yeap not a shock.


but buying clothes for them from 1-5 is a pain. they grow so damn fast. we had so many clothes for my daughter we had nearly a closet full of stuff with the tags still on them. toys aren't to bad. we just kept the stuff my daughter outgrew to give to my son. but we still have a lot we need to take to the pregnancy center (for 15-19 yr old women on low incomes). then there are school fee's, medical bills etc.




 
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EGGO

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I thought I was more expensive than that. I always promised myself that if I ever won the lottery, the thing I'd do after paying paying for college is pay off my mom and dad.
 
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erub

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And that's assuming that you aren't paying for any of their college (and gasp, life after college!). Throw in at least another 100K-150K for that.
 
RaistlinZ

RaistlinZ

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And how about the cost of replacing things around the house that the kids break, or the toys and clothes that they always seem to lose. Gotta add another couple grand for that.
 
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cw42

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or buying them sports equipment, paying league/team fees, driving them to practice all the time, going to the games, buying snacks for the team...
 
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tfinch2

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The tab for a child born in 2006 is expected to run $381,000 over 17 years for the highest-income U.S. households
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You left the most important part of that statistic out. :roll:
 
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Lola

I can believe it costs this much, HOWEVER.... what about the positive things between the parent and child relationship.
I thank God everyday that my parents did not purely care about how much i was costing them every day of their life and mine.
This article and some posts on here make me rather annoyed that the monitary issue is the only thing that matters. I KNOW kids are expensive and i don't even have one yet, BUT i would never not want to have kids just because i know they are expensive and not worth that money.

The relationship I have with my parents is what i hope to have with my child (someday perhaps) and no amount of money would make me want to change that.
 
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dquan97

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Can anyone find the link to the source of those figures ($381K & $190K)? Did a quick search on google and couldn't confirm those numbers.
 
TecHNooB

TecHNooB

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Just crank out a few and hope one of em becomes the next Bill Gates :D Kinda like slots. Nothin to it ;)
 
FeuerFrei

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Actually you could do it for well under $100k. Perhaps $150k if they go to a private school. Assuming no costly medical procedures.

Nobody spends $1,876.64/mo on a kid.
 
AgaBoogaBoo

AgaBoogaBoo

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Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
Actually you could do it for well under $100k. Perhaps $150k if they go to a private school. Assuming no costly medical procedures.

Nobody spends $1,876.64/mo on a kid.
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Yeah, where are these numbers coming from? Does it include a few BMW's for them to learn to drive on or something?
 
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