Let’s Analyze the Cost of Raising Children

Last week the US Department of Agriculture released its 2009 report on the cost of raising children. It says the average cost of raising a child to the age of 18 is $222,360, the biggest increase being in child care and education, and most of that is child care. You need to take these numbers with a grain of salt (at $2.99 per pound). If you read the entire USDA report you learn that many factors are at play in trying to figure out what it actually costs to have a child — or two or three. Or — to take my son Eric’s family as an example — eight. Pro-Life Action League