AND BABY MAKES ...BIG BILLS

摘要

A child is priceless-but raising one can break the bank. Children born in the U.S. today will cost more than $338,000, on average, by the time they finish a public college. That's according to the parenting Web site BabyCenter (baby-center.com/cost-of-raising-child-calculator), based on College Board and Agriculture Dept. data. Send your precious offspring to a private college, and you can expect to shell out an additional $70,300 for tuition