Research showed raising a child costs an estimated $240,000.

<div class="block">Research showed raising a child costs an estimated $240,000.</div>

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Research: Raising A Child Costs Almost $240,000

Here's an eye watering figure $240,000. So that's a lot of money. Right. Well, according to new research, that's the cost of raising a child from birth until the age of 18, the research from online marketplace lending tree found the exact figure $237,482. And this has by almost 20% just from 2016. This is only the quote bare bones cost. According to lending tree. It includes food, housing, child care, clothing, health insurance, and transport, but it doesn't include activities like sports or after school activities more importantly. And this is what I was thinking. It does not include college.