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The cost of raising kids is no longer shrinking when children turn 18. Instead, it’s dragging on and on and on, for upwards of an additional decade.
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Parenting

Parenting costs once ended when a child turned 18. Not any more

Everyone says that raising kids is expensive, but the costs are no longer shrinking when they become adults, with expenses extending for upwards of an extra decade.

  • by Victoria Devine

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