This is just too good not to pass on to all. Something absolutely
>>positive
>>for a change. I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of
>>raising a
>>child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed
>>this way.
>>It's nice.
>>
>>The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from
>>birth to
>>18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about
>>sticker
>>shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.
>>
>>But $160,140 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?
>>* 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, flying kites
>>* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss
>>said or how
>>your stocks performed that day.
>>
>>For $160,140, 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,
>>* watching Saturday morning cartoons,
>>* going to Disney movies, and
>>* wishing 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 or Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's
>>Day.
>>
>>For $160,140, 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 to 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
>>

unless yer divorced and are not the custodial parent



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sorry could not resist