$241k a kid? Middle-income families struggle with rising cost of children - CBS News

$241k a kid? Middle-income families struggle with rising cost of children - CBS News: "According to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, middle class parents of a baby born in 2012 will spend about $241,000, raising their child from birth to age 18 - and that's just for the basics.

"That doesn't even include college, so it kinda makes me really wonder, um, 'that's a lot of money,'" Tamara said, her voice shaking.

An "expensive blessing": Raising a kid costs $241k"

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