happened to see this article in the WSJ today about the costs of a child in the US today... for those of you without a WSJ subscription the US gov't puts it at $279k. the Journal adds their own "classes' for the upper end of the market:
Silver: $776k
Gold: $1mil
Platinum: $1.6
the gov't estimates clothing is $13k of that $279k. those of you with closets full of OILILY are curve-busters
a couple of sample stats: 10 years worth of Nike sneakers? $1k
itunes downloads for 10 yrs.? $3,400
bottled water delivery for 17 years for the family? $6,205
amazing how this stuff adds up. perhaps just a silver upbringing and mommy/daddy use the extra mil to upgrade the beach house when the kiddies are long gone
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