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Children can cost as little as you want or as much as you are willing.
Clearly, some low-income families do not spend as much on children as some high-income families do.
I figure to get out of high school, we probably paid less than $50,000 per child from age 0 to 18. Plus all the tax breaks offset much of the costs.
Why is that? It is because we are cheap and we would have bought the same house whether we had children or not because our home is terribly convenient to our jobs. No private schools. No extra cars. No auto insurance at age 16. No orthodontists. Free clothes, furniture, and stuff from friends, relatives, and neighbors. Employer paid health insurance.
My oldest had a shoe contract because she played for school teams. They did things to earn their shoe money with school fundraisers. Team uniforms were provided by the public school.
Like my dad: Dad, can I borrow $20? No.
Clearly, some low-income families do not spend as much on children as some high-income families do.
I figure to get out of high school, we probably paid less than $50,000 per child from age 0 to 18. Plus all the tax breaks offset much of the costs.
Why is that? It is because we are cheap and we would have bought the same house whether we had children or not because our home is terribly convenient to our jobs. No private schools. No extra cars. No auto insurance at age 16. No orthodontists. Free clothes, furniture, and stuff from friends, relatives, and neighbors. Employer paid health insurance.
My oldest had a shoe contract because she played for school teams. They did things to earn their shoe money with school fundraisers. Team uniforms were provided by the public school.
Like my dad: Dad, can I borrow $20? No.
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