quote “From buying car seats and strollers to paying for childcare and schooling, a middle-income family could spend an average of $226,920 to raise a child born in 2010 “
lol
what a total lie.
why do they lie about this? they have been pushing this lie my whole life. I have four kids FOUR and they cost me so little I hardly even know they are there.
I may spend an extra grand or two total per year for all of them combined. So, they are only off by about $800,000 or so in their estimate of what it costs to have kids.
Between hand-me-downs and gifts for birthdays and christmas, I hardly ever have to buy them anything but a little extra food and some school clothes every now and then.
The key is that a family “could” spend all that money. They’re probably assuming the family buys a more expensive house each time they have a child, and that they all go to daycare from 6 weeks and then to private school.
As to what the family “must” spend ... well, they have to eat.