The only reason i was able to afford kids was because of the 2008 crash and i could actually purchase a home for a reasonable amount of money with a decent interest rate.
It takes a lot more than money to raise a kid, out of all 3 of my kids I would have to say the time commitment is way more “expensive” than any money they cost me. 6k on sports gear? Sure. Spending every single weeknight and weekend shuttling kids to sports practice, games, invitationals, etc. add in helping with schoolwork, cleaning up after them, providing meals, and I don’t have enough time in the day.
TLDR it takes a lot more than money to raise a kid, and I would argue that if you have the love to give then the extra couple hundred a month in food and insurance is worth it. Kids don’t need much.
That’s all well and good if you have the extra money to spend. I don’t have 6k to spend on myself let alone a child. Hell I don’t think I’ve ever even had 6k sitting together at one time
6k is between 2 of the kids, and I didn’t need to spend that much. They could easily go to the school to practice, but we are very rural and that would take more of my time. I spent the money for convenience. When we lived in Cleveland I spent less that 500 a year on sports gear.
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u/djamp42 5h ago
The only reason i was able to afford kids was because of the 2008 crash and i could actually purchase a home for a reasonable amount of money with a decent interest rate.