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  • Profile photo of XeniaXenia
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    Anone got $160,140, it can truly buy you happiness!

    The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from
    birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family.

    Talk about sticker shock! That doesn’t even touch college tuition.

    But $160,140 isn’t so bad if you break it down. It translates into:

    * $8,896.66 a year,

    * $741.38 a month, or

    * $171.08 a week.

    * That’s a mere $24.24 a day!

    * Just over a dollar an hour.

    Still, you might think the best financial advice is don’t have children
    if you want to be “rich.” Actually, it is just the opposite.

    What do you get for your $160,140?

    * Naming rights. First, middle, and last!

    * Glimpses of God every day.

    * Giggles under the covers every night.

    * More love than your heart can hold.

    * Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.

    * Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.

    * A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.

    * A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites.

    * Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.

    For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:

    * finger-paint,

    * carve pumpkins,

    * play hide-and-seek,

    * catch lightning bugs, and

    * never stop believing in Santa Claus.

    You have an excuse to:

    *keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,

    * watching Saturday morning cartoons,

    * going to Disney movies, and

    * wishing on stars.

    * You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator
    magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother’s Day, and cards with backward letters for Father’s Day.

    For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck.

    You get to be a hero just for:

    * retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,

    * taking the training wheels off a bike,

    * removing a splinter,

    * filling a wading pool,

    * coaching a wad of gum out of hair, and coaching a football team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.

    You get a front row seat to history to witness the:

    * first step,

    * first word,

    * first bra,

    * first date, and

    * first time behind the wheel.

    You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family
    tree, and if you’re lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called
    grandchildren and great grandchildren.

    You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.

    In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits. So one day they will like you, love without counting the cost.

    That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!

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    Profile photo of camdercamder
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    Nice One !!!
    What else can one say !!!

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    I could not have said it better myself.

    Nice one Doc.

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    Profile photo of Luke TaylorLuke Taylor
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    Awesome Doc X. Im speechless

    We’ve got 70 yrs on planet earth,Lets make the most of every day!

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    Profile photo of WylieWylie
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    Dr X. Like the others, I am impressed with your post. We have three boys 17, 14 and 10 and I am always amazed when the newspapers do their usual stories about how much children cost. They cost as little or as much as you allow them to. They don’t need expensive toys or gadgets, just lots of love with enough discipline thrown in to make them good people.

    I totally respect those who decide that they don’t want children for their own reasons, but I wonder if some couples are tipped against having children after reading these stories about the cost of raising them. What a pity if that is the case.

    Having children is the most frustrating, hardest thing we have done, but it is also the very best thing we have done. I cannot imagine what our lives would be like without them.

    We certainly have our ups and downs, and we certainly are not the “Brady Bunch” but I really get annoyed with these scary financial stories.

    My thoughts, Wylie.

    Profile photo of Don NicolussiDon Nicolussi
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    Excellent – what can i say


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    Profile photo of Dr YDr Y
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    Nice one honey, you wouldn’t be intersted in another $160,000 investment.[inlove]

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    Nice One Dr X.
    We have Dr X and Dr Y in this forum. Do we have Dr Z coming?

    Cheers,

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    Dr Y. is my husband (Angelo)!

    Hence the cheeky comment :)

    I think Y refers to the fact that he is male!

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    Nice going guys!!

    Im lovin it!!

    Did you get an answer on your proposal Dr Y?

    Profile photo of XeniaXenia
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    how much does sleep deprevation cost in economic terms?

    I can’t afford much more of it!!!

    neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed moooooooooooooooooor cofeeeeeeeeeeeee [sleepyanim]

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    Thank you, what you have just spoken about is true life. It seems ridiculous that governments try to put monetary value on all the beautiful things you talk of, it does not compare. If 50% of the world’s population had the understanding you show here, it would honestly be a different place. Thank you.[angel]

    Profile photo of Nigel KibelNigel Kibel
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    Children are truely gods gift to the world. With two darling children under the age of 6 they never cease to amaze me and fill me with joy and wonder, two lttle people growing up in front of me. I now really believe that people who do not have kids are really missing out. Money does not even come close.

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