https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 08 May 2026 12:40:18 +0000 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:17:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4383 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=85641&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#85641 Author: busymum
Subject: 4383
Posted: 11 November 2006 at 7:17pm

LOL so it isn't! "Error! I haven't been born yet!" what a laugh ]]> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:17:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=85641&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#85641 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=85596&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#85596 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 4383
Posted: 11 November 2006 at 4:44pm

Thats so cool and so true

Hey mummy22 your bottom ticker isn't working]]> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:44:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=85596&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#85596 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=85070&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#85070 Author: 11111
Subject: 4383
Posted: 09 November 2006 at 8:47am

awwww so cool ]]> Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:47:38 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=85070&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#85070 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=85007&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#85007 Author: Jay_R
Subject: 4383
Posted: 08 November 2006 at 8:44pm

And by the looks of things this is in US dollars, so add another third or so and you have the NZ equivilant ]]> Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:44:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=85007&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#85007 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=84767&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#84767 Author: MyMinis
Subject: 4383
Posted: 08 November 2006 at 6:09am

I've read this so many times and it still good.
Thanks for sharing :o)]]> Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:09:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=84767&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#84767 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=84714&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#84714 Author: Peace
Subject: 4383
Posted: 07 November 2006 at 8:31pm

Just think, you pay $1 per hour for them until they get old and then their children pay $2 per hour for them to get looked after!]]> Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:31:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=84714&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#84714 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=84688&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#84688 Author: james
Subject: 4383
Posted: 07 November 2006 at 7:37pm

thats sooo wicked ]]> Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:37:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=84688&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#84688 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4383&PID=84686&title=the-cost-of-raising-children#84686 Author: Paws
Subject: 4383
Posted: 07 November 2006 at 7:32pm

This was posted on another forum and I thought it was just too good not to share with all. Something absolutely positive for a change.

The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle income family. Talk about price shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.

But $160,140.00 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 $160,140.00?
* 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 and flying kites.
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss
said or how your stocks performed that day.

For $160,140.00, 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,
* watch Saturday morning cartoons,
* go to Disney movies, and
* wish 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 a mere $24.24 a day, 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 in 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 !
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