It will cost an estimated $241,080 for a middle-income couple to raise a child born last year for 18 years, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released Wednesday. That's up almost 3% from 2011. And that total does not include the cost of college. Add a state university such as Ohio State and the total goes up another $100,000. The emphasis is on middle-income because that $240,000 total is more than the average adjusted gross income of the entire bottom one-half of Americans over that span of 18 years, or 69 million tax filers. These numbers, of course, are chicken feed to the wealthy.
The lesson to kids across the land: Choose your parents wisely.
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At last, a version of Simple Steps to Sentence Sense for younger students and those whose native language is not English. Students can learn to analyze sentences in 5 easy steps.
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