
Originally Posted by
GlamourRouge
I don't have kids, but I grew up along side my older sister who has 11 kids (she's religious). She never worked, but her husband (the father of all 11) has, and I don't think she was ever in a life-of-death-no-food situation. They just had a lot of home-cooked meals, thrifting, clothing donations from their church/friends who outgrew their clothing, inexpensive vacations like camping trips and outdoor activities. There is no way in hell she spent $152,778 per YEAR (250,000/18= 13,889x11=152,778/yr) just on paying for her kid's expenses. I'm pretty sure her husband doesn't even make that much per year. I don't even think she spent half that much on her kids each year. And the children were never deprived, sacrificed things, or went "without"... so I don't know how that figure can even be remotely accurate. And this was/is in the Bay Area where its not exactly cheap.
I would imagine you can also re-use the same items for the younger ones? Or get stuff from your friends whose kids have outgrown them (toys, furniture, clothes, etc). Also, thrift stores? I would imagine that, if someone wanted to, they could get a lot of the items they need for free or very low cost. The thing is, a lot of people don't like to do that because they don't like the stigma of something "used" for some dumb reason.
So I would imagine the 250k could greatly be decreased by around half or something, if you really wanted that figure to be lower? And I don't really think 125k is a lot, spread over 18 years. A sexworker could make that in 1 year, if they really wanted.
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