The Cost of
Raising Kids
The
Some of you might think the best financial advice would be, “If you hope
to be rich, don’t have children”… however, the truth is just the opposite. The cost really isn’t that bad when you break
it down. It translates into:
$10,610 a year
$884.17 a month
$204.04 a week
$29.07 a day
$1.21 per hour, or
just
2¢ a minute
What is it that you can get for your $190,980?
Naming rights
(first, middle, and last)
Glimpses of
innocence everyday
A sleeping angel
under the covers every night
Butterfly kisses
and big bear hugs
Endless wonderment
about rocks, ants, clouds, and butterflies
A hand to hold
(often covered with jam)
A playmate for
blowing bubbles, flying kites, building sand castles, and skipping down the
sidewalk in the pouring rain
Someone to laugh
yourself silly with no matter how bad your day was
For $190,980, you have an excuse to continue:
Reading Winnie the
Pooh and Dr. Seuss
Watching Saturday
morning cartoons
Going to Disney
movies, and
Wishing on stars
You have a front row seat to witness history in-the-making:
The first step
The first word
The first day of
school
The first bra
The first date, and
The first time
behind the wheel
You get to:
Hang rainbows,
hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets
Collect spray
painted noodle art,
Hand prints set in
clay and
Greeting
cards with backward letters.
You also get to keep one foot in childhood, which means you have a reason
to:
Finger paint
Carve pumpkins
Play hide-and-seek
Catch lightening
bugs and
Never stop
believing in Santa Claus and magic
For $190,980, there
is no greater bang for your buck. You
get to be a hero for:
Retrieving a
Frisbee off the porch roof
Taking training
wheels off a bike
Removing a splinter
Filling a wading
pool
Working a wad of
gum out of hair, and
Coaching
a sports team that never wins but always gets treated to popsicles or ice cream
anyway.
You receive a
multi-dimensional education in psychology, nursing, communications, criminal
justice, human sexuality, public relations, mediation and child development
that no college can match.
In the eyes of your child(ren),
you are next to God. You have all the
power to:
Heal a boo-boo
Scare away monsters
under the bed
Mend a broken
heart, and
Make mountains into
molehills
What is your ultimate pay-off?
If you “invest” in
raising your child(ren), one day they will be able to
love and nurture their own offspring………without worrying about how much it will
cost.
For $190,980 there
is truly no greater value for your dollar!
Author/Originator
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For more details on
the costs of raising children, see USDA’s chart at:
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Crc/crc2005.pdf
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