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Published January 13, 2013, 12:05 AM

MONEY-SAVIN' MAMA: Planning, frugality can trim kid-related costs

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it’ll cost my husband and me nearly $235,000 to raise our son, Owen, to age 18. That’s how much a middle-income family may spend to raise a child born in 2011, not adjusted for projected inflation, an annual USDA report released last month shows. The figure includes housing, transportation, food, clothing, health care, child care and education (not college).

By: Sherri Richards, Forum Communications

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