How much cash does it take to raise a kid now days.

[Mark Perry]

It’s a lot but they’re worth every penny of it

100% my thoughts. I can't recall ever sitting down and adding up what they cost. The wife and I just made it work out they best way we could. I never really thought of my kids as expenses etc.

[BP in ME]

Once our second is born in July, we'll be paying ~$37,000 a year for the both of them to be in daycare.

Yikes! That's after tax dollars so it's chewing up $50-something-K in earnings every year! You might want to stop at two unless they offer a team discount.

[BOATS]

Copied this out of an article....

$310,605 to raise a child in a middle-class home from birth to age 18.

[SHM64]

I have two and I don't know. All I know is they graduated from college, the last one in 2021, and we are finally starting to see the bank account grow. So I'd say they cost a lot.

[AustinV]

Haven’t thought about it too much. He’s a little over 1 and it it what it is. We’ll cut back on some things or take longer to save for them, but he’s worth it. It will be time for another soon, really just do our best to help them succeed and be good people.

[Mark Perry]

Haven’t thought about it too much. He’s a little over 1 and it it what it is. We’ll cut back on some things or take longer to save for them, but he’s worth it. It will be time for another soon, really just do our best to help them succeed and be good people.

Same way we approached it.

[castforcash]

Once our second is born in July, we'll be paying ~$37,000 a year for the both of them to be in daycare.

Wow, I'm guessing you both make a pretty good income, because at some point you have to assess whether it's worth it. My wife would have to take home around 6k per month to justify spending that much on daycare. At some point it's just not worth it and in my opinion a stay at home mom is worth it's weight in gold until they are in school. Lot of variables, I know some wives are career driven and not cut out to do the stay at home deal and I respect that too.

[BigBry]

About 15-20% more than it did last year. Let’s go Brandon………

[tommoorehouse]

last google number I saw was 284k to 18.

But boat loans, truck loans, and homes are the issue....

Let's not talk about the 50/50 divorce rate with 80% of them being initiated by women...

This feels very true to me!

[I.P. Freely]

100% my thoughts. I can't recall ever sitting down and adding up what they cost. The wife and I just made it work out they best way we could. I never really thought of my kids as expenses etc.

You didn’t keep a spreadsheet on your kids to see where all your money went each month?

[SC Bullet]

To much !!!!!!

[The Mountain Man]

All you got

[rangered]

Put 3 girls thru private primary school and private college so I
think I got a little more than the average in them. Can’t complain
as they have turned into fine young ladies. All graduated with
good degrees and have good jobs. You only get one shot at raising
them so put all you got into it.

[ECobb91]

Once our second is born in July, we'll be paying ~$37,000 a year for the both of them to be in daycare.

that has to be some fancy daycare then. $37,000 is more than like 1/3 of our yearly income before taxes… The most expensive we looked into was $1,200 a month at a church. We decided on a daycare that’s $600 a month where nearly all the teachers at my wife’s school brings their kids to. Even $600 we were second guessing how we could afford it.

[Ckfishin]

that has to be some fancy daycare then. $37,000 is more than like 1/3 of our yearly income before taxes… The most expensive we looked into was $1,200 a month at a church. We decided on a daycare that’s $600 a month where nearly all the teachers at my wife’s school brings their kids to. Even $600 we were second guessing how we could afford it.

How Missouri’s Child Care Cost Compares: Here are the 10 states with the highest Child Care, preschool, infant care, and day care annual costs as of 2021:


Massachusetts ($20,913)
California ($16,945)
Minnesota ($16,087)
Connecticut ($15,591)
New York ($15,394)
Maryland ($15,335)
Colorado ($15,325)
Washington ($14,554)
Virginia ($14,063)
Illinois ($13,802)


don't know why MO isn't there but I know guys paying 10k plus in daycare.