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Cost Of Raising A Child
Posted by
PEGASUS
(moderator) 22 Feb 2007 12:30pm
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child
from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family.
Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.
But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:
$8,896.66 a year,
$741.38 a month, or
$171.08 a week.
That's a mere $24.24 a day!
Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "rich."
Actually, it is just the opposite.
What do you get for your $160,140?
Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
Glimpses of God every day.
Giggles under the covers every night.
More love than your heart can hold.
Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites
Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:
finger-paint,
carve pumpkins,
play hide-and-seek,
catch lightning bugs, and
never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to:
keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
watching Saturday morning cartoons,
going to Disney movies, and
wishing on stars.
You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets
and
collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day,
and
cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck.
You get to be a hero just for:
retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
taking the training wheels off a bike,
removing a splinter,
filling a wading pool,
coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs,
and
coaching a baseball team that never wins
but always gets treated to ice cream or pizza regardless.
You get a front row seat to history, to witness the:
first step,
first word,
first bra,
first date, and
first time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal.
You get another branch added to your family tree,
and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren.
You get an education in
psychology,
nursing,
criminal justice,
communications,
and
human sexuality that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God.
You have all the power to
heal a boo-boo,
scare away the monsters under the bed,
patch a broken heart,
police a slumber party,
ground them forever,
and
love them without limits.
So, one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.
That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!
Love & Enjoy Your Children & Grandchildren!!!!!!!
THEY PAY DIVIDENDS!!!
price of a child
Posted by
red_bird_down
22 Feb 2007 7:59pm
2 words....your sanity
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