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 …showed first 75 words of 867 total…

…showed last 75 words of 867 total…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”