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re: Raising a child now costs over $300,000 in the U.S., study finds.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 9:03 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Posted on 4/9/26 at 9:03 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Well yeah. It also sort of helps the economy go round. Every time someone takes their kids through drive through, purchases a video game, goes to school, the travel ball. All that money you spend is helping pay someone else's wages.
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Posted on 4/9/26 at 9:27 pm to dgnx6
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All that money you spend is helping pay someone else's wages.
Hear you. A lot.
Counter point voice speaks the following into my mind…
Spending money, as central tenet of value to a family, bypasses many valuable things to a family.
Spend time together…as a family, has more economic value than any other wages that are satisfied.
That money spent on childcare is one cost/benefit that is mis-valued, for example.
This post was edited on 4/9/26 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 4/10/26 at 7:24 am to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:My wife makes $250K/year, so her not going back to work wasn't an option. Nearest family is 800 miles away. Preschool gets cheaper as they get older, and we've got great public schools here, so really looking forward to that reprieve.
Sticker shock value got me!
We never put our kids in daycare / nanny etc. Only baby sitting was exceptional and grandparents or aunt, when it happened.
To your point, that run rate would make $300k seem low…until run rate changes when child is in school, depending on cost of school, of course.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 7:25 am to Everyday Is Saturday
Seems extraordinarily low.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 7:26 am to Zap Rowsdower
quote:
My vasectomy was only like $3k.
Absolutely degenerate. Hope you enjoy your genital mutilation
Posted on 4/10/26 at 7:35 am to Everyday Is Saturday
So around 17,000 a year?
Posted on 4/10/26 at 7:40 am to LordSaintly
quote:Like what, not feeding said kids?
Government-supported, and they make compromises that people in the middle class will not.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 7:43 am to Topwater Trout
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makes you wonder how poor people have so many kids
The US taxpayer. There's a reason why the majority of children in this country are being born to the welfare class.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 7:45 am to Everyday Is Saturday
So to have children today, you would have to be either:
From old money
High income earner
Dual working parents with a household income far exceeding the median
Poor and qualify for all of the government programs
Fraudster
However, if you are a honest middle class family going to the grind 8-12hrs a day, 5 or 6 days a week, you are SOL.
Sad.
From old money
High income earner
Dual working parents with a household income far exceeding the median
Poor and qualify for all of the government programs
Fraudster
However, if you are a honest middle class family going to the grind 8-12hrs a day, 5 or 6 days a week, you are SOL.
Sad.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:07 am to Topwater Trout
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makes you wonder how poor people have so many kids
When someone can get away with saying "f**k personal responsibility" and the gov't backs their play(s), the sky's the limit.
To the detriment of us all.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:22 am to Gravitiger
I just finished the paperwork for my oldest moving up to kindergarten from prek next year. They went up on tuition. With financial aid and no meal plan it’s still $60k. I have no idea how I’m going to afford it once my 3yo and 1yo start school.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:28 am to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:
Raising a child now costs over $300,000 in the U.S
... That is like the bare minimum.
I will spend over that on Tuition before they graduate high school.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:35 am to Gravitiger
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$1850/month for full-time day care (started at 3 months), plus a nanny 2 days a week and random sitters, which are $25+ per hour here.
What does a nanny 2 days a week do when the kid goes to day care 5 days a week?
Honest question.
My wife has been home with my kids for almost 4 years now (3.5 yr old, 1.5 yr old, and 8.5 months pregnant). So while we gave up her six figure salary, I don't have any of these expenses besides a baby sitter 1-2 times a month.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:38 am to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:Propaganda to get whites to stop having kids
Raising a child now costs over $300,000 in the U.S., study finds.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:41 am to thegreatboudini
quote:ask my wife who insist we keep an Au Pair
What does a nanny 2 days a week do when the kid goes to day care 5 days a week?
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:42 am to Everyday Is Saturday
that's why the wrong demographics are having kids
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:44 am to SuperSaint
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With financial aid and no meal plan it’s still $60k.
$60k?
Where are you sending them to kindergarten? Stanford?
Edit: My bad, misread. Believe $60k is the yearly cost of daycare.
This post was edited on 4/10/26 at 8:46 am
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:45 am to Pedro
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My wife does part time remote work that’s on a flexible schedule though thankfully so we’ll make it back up from not having to pay daycare
Trump should actually be promoting work from home to make it more affordable for families to have kids by eliminating the major expense of childcare.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:54 am to SoDakHawk
You can’t take care of an infant or toddler and work from home. People doing that and not getting work done are the reason for companies going back to offices
Posted on 4/10/26 at 8:55 am to SoDakHawk
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Trump should actually be promoting work from home to make it more affordable for families to have kids by eliminating the major expense of childcare.
I've had 2 people work for me that tried to keep a FT job while also parenting, and both of them were let go for poor performance.
Working from home does not enable full time parenting 8-5 if you expect to keep a job, despite what it sounds like.
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