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Raising A Child Now Costs About $303,000: Study
Raising A Child Now Costs About $303,000: Study
Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times,
Parents who start raising a child in 2026 will spend around $303,418 from birth to 18 years old, according to a study published April 6 by Lending Tree. The cost increased 1.9 percent from last year.
The average annual cost works out to about $16,857 over 18 years, pushing this year’s estimate over $300,000 for the first time since Lending Tree began calculating it in 2023, the online loan marketplace reported.
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