$204,060: hello, baby!
$204,060
That’s how much the USDA is projecting that middle-income families will spend to raise children born in 2007. What boggles my mind is the fact that folks are SURPRISED that the cost of raising a child is on the rise. I’m now old enough that I can say stuff like, “I remember when a can of Coke cost fifteen cents!”
I really do. A dime was a precious thing in my childhood: it could buy me one of those big superballs kids are shelling out a buck fifty for at the grocery store gum machines these days. The penny candy at …read more
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