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- Joined
- Feb 28, 2004
My mom sent me this forward, and I wanted to share it all with you. 
The price of children
This is too good not to pass on to all. Something
absolutely positive for a change. I have seen the
breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is
the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way.
It's nice.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a
child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a
middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That
doesn't even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn't so
bad if you break it down. It translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month, or
* $171.08 a week.
* That's a mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't
have children if you want to be "rich." Actually, it is just the
opposite.
What do you get for your $160,140?
* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
* Glimpses of God every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites.
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the
boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs, and
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watching Saturday morning cartoons,
* going to Disney movies, and
* wishing on stars.
* You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under
refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle
wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's
Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You
get to be a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a
baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to
ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat to history to witness the:
* first step,
* first word,
* first bra,
* first date, and
* first time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to
your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs
in your obituary called grandchildren and great
grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing,
criminal justice,communications, and human sexuality that
no college can match. In the eyes of a child, you rank
right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a
boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a
broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever,
and love them without limits, So . . one day they will like
you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal
for the price!!!!!!!
Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren!!!!!!!
The price of children
This is too good not to pass on to all. Something
absolutely positive for a change. I have seen the
breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is
the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way.
It's nice.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a
child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a
middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That
doesn't even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn't so
bad if you break it down. It translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month, or
* $171.08 a week.
* That's a mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't
have children if you want to be "rich." Actually, it is just the
opposite.
What do you get for your $160,140?
* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
* Glimpses of God every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites.
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the
boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs, and
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watching Saturday morning cartoons,
* going to Disney movies, and
* wishing on stars.
* You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under
refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle
wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's
Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You
get to be a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a
baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to
ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat to history to witness the:
* first step,
* first word,
* first bra,
* first date, and
* first time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to
your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs
in your obituary called grandchildren and great
grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing,
criminal justice,communications, and human sexuality that
no college can match. In the eyes of a child, you rank
right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a
boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a
broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever,
and love them without limits, So . . one day they will like
you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal
for the price!!!!!!!
Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren!!!!!!!
I think they're a bargain! 
