Children are Priceless or Are They?

Children are Priceless or Are They? Children are priceless, but raising them is probably the most expensive thing you’ll ever do. Every newborn child is a bundle of joy. But you better have a bundle of cash on hand if you want to raise one. Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture - which conducts annual Consumer Expenditure Surveys on the cost of raising children -- estimates that families making $61,900 a year or …

…age 17 is $12,120 to $29,430. This last category takes in 10 to 13 percent of the total cost and includes things such as personal-care items, entertainment and reading materials. To sum things up, we as a society don’t look at children as expenses, but as a joy to our lives.  Works Cited 1. USDA annual report on cost of raising a child.-Web site 2. Expenditures on Children by Families. - Web site 3. Newsweek, May 2001 - “The Cost of Children”