The True Cost & Value of Raising Kids
Cost of Kids The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00.
What do you get for your $160,140?
- Giggles under the covers every night.
- Butterfly kisses and velcro hugs.
- You have an excuse to keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh, watching Saturday morning cartoons, going to Disneyland, and wishing on stars.
- You get a front row seat to history to witness the first step, first word, first date, and first time behind the wheel.
- You get to be immortal.
- 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 with God.
- You have all the power to heal a booboo, 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.
- You get more love than your heart can hold.
- You get glimpses of God everyday.
