Here’s news that won’t surprise any parents: Raising children is really expensive. According to recent Department of Agriculture projections, middle income U.S. parents who had a child in 2013 should expect to spend about $245,340 before she hits 18.
And parents raising children under the age of 18 in U.S. cities feel they have the worst of it, economically speaking, according to the Atlantic Media/Siemens State of the City Poll. CONT.
Aarian Marshall, CityLab