The Price of Parenthood: What It Costs to Be a Parent
NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
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The Role of Money in the Decision to Have Children
I see a lot of people thinking they need a certain or they need their life to look a certain way before having kids. And it's just not true, I mean, if you kind of look outside your little circle a little bit, you'll see people who do it in all different kinds of ways. It costs around $300,000 to raise a child in the US until the age 17. Honestly, you hear that figure and wonder how anyone moves forward with this decision at all.
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