This article in The Wall Street Journal By Phil Izzo comes up with Childraising costs for 17 years of $300,000. I guess we are going to have to put them to work sooner! (Just kidding of course.):
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/06/14/cost-to-raise-a-child-around-300000-not-including-college/
And don’t forget how many more years they will be with you if they get a political science or socialty degree in college!
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