http://axp.zedo.com/asw/pfr/305/187...v=0&atd=1&dtd=1&dct=&dmf=&dvm=&dsr=&djs=&dhs= this is just BOGUS! I know a Catholic man w/ a big family (11 altogether) and he raised his family on blue collar wages, something that probably today would be called below minimum wage.. and believe me, the mistakes this man and his wife made (and ALL parents make mistakes, obviousy) had absolutely NOTHING to do with $$$$ ____
That link doesn't work. The thing is two children of the same sex in the same household doesn't cost as much as either two children in two different households, or two children of different genders in the same household. Three kids in one household doesn't cost as much as three separate kids in three households. There is an economy of scale.
Your link goes to an ad, not a real story. The report is here: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/CRC/2013CRCPressRelease.pdf It's for raising an average American kid to age 18, so it works out to about $13,000 a year. But they note that the amount varies by region and family income -- poorer families spend less than richer families. Never mind things like, if you're really poor you qualify for food stamps and such, so your costs are lower in that way. $13,000 a year per kid, as an average, certainly seems reasonable, when counting up food, clothing, summer camp, books, music lessons, sports, etc. I'm not sure if it includes a pro-rated portion of housing costs, but that would be a big contributor, too.
