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Old 05-28-2007, 05:13 PM
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My brother ended up adopting in China for lack of options here. I'd estimate that adoption ended up costing over $20K.
(*)(*)(*)(*) why are brats so expensive? And the way they eat it's like buying a car!
Thats just the start of it. The last estimates I looked at pegged the cost of raising a child (from birth through college) at $1million dollars.
$1 million cradle through college? How long ago was it that the price-tag was a "mere" $250,000 cradle through college?
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