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The Underpopulation Crisis

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The Cost of Having a Kid Doesn't Stop at Birth

There is a basic practical reason why so many families opt out of an otherwise wanted second or even first kid. Money. Kids are expensive. They cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars from birth through age 18. If kids weren't so expensive, more families might feel free to have more children. But the cost of having a kid doesn't stop at birth.

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