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b_b · 3886 days ago · link · · parent · post: 245340. The amount of money on average it costs to raise a child.
The number is certainly a bit misleading in that almost a third of that price is housing. Housing is essentially a fixed cost, unless you have so many kids that you need a mansion. I could easily accommodate a few kids comfortably, or a bunch of kids less comfortably, in my house, and it wouldn't make my mortgage payment go up.