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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 04:54 PM Original message |
Do any DU parents want to share: What do you think it costs nowadays to raise a child? |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've never calculated it but in my family it would include college tuition, graduate school |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. my kid goes to grad school |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Lol, but I'm so touched by your reply and the replies of others too. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would consider it getting the little monster thru his or her first 2 years of college.... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Inflation and now deflation will change the costs over time |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. 4 years of college and all the extras required with that |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. I make about 24 grand a year and have three teenagers. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. no idea and doesnt matter. we are fiscally conservative so not huge expense |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you exclude college its on the order of $10-20K a year, depending on how you count things |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. We're paying for college. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. An arm and a leg... |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. a LOT! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. It depends on if the child grows up in Poverty like the Parents....or the Parents have Other Means.. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. Years off my life, many grey hairs and a brazillion wrinkles. |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm reading every single word you all write, and I respect and appreciate |
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