Why is it so expensive to raise children?

Some people say that every innocent child has a face that eats money without blinking. Raising children, spending money is really not running water, but a flood.

How much does it cost to raise a child?

Not long ago, # China Birth Cost Report 2022 Edition # boarded a hot search. According to the report, it is estimated that the average cost of raising children aged 0- 17 is 485,000 yuan.

Shanghai won the first place with the "proud" cost of 102.6w, followed by Beijing with 969,000 yuan, more than three times behind Tibet's 293,000 yuan and Guizhou's 333,000 yuan!

It can be seen that parents with better economic conditions spare no effort in raising their children.

The level of family income determines the proportion of childcare expenditure. According to the income level, the cost of raising children varies greatly:

The average cost of raising 0- 17-year-old children in low-income families accounting for 20% of the total population is 1 1.6 million yuan;

The average cost of raising children aged 0- 17 in middle-income families accounting for 60% of the total population is 395,000 yuan;

The average cost of raising children aged 0- 17 in high-income families accounting for 20% of the total population is12.08 million yuan.

The disparity between the rich and the poor is not only reflected in family income, but also in the contribution to the next generation.

However, this gap in salary also makes the phenomenon of "it is difficult to give birth to a noble child in a poor family" more and more obvious in reality.

Raising a baby is so expensive, where did all the money go?

It is hard for unmarried young people to imagine how much it can cost to raise a child.

There is a classic plot in The Richest Man in Xihong City that deeply pokes parents' hearts-the newlyweds are going to donate all the 30 billion property they inherited, but just as they are about to sign, the children in their bellies kick them and remind them that they have to save some baby-raising funds-"Not much, just enough to feed them."

As a result, it doesn't matter It is not easy to raise a baby: from confinement, diapers and milk powder, to piano, swimming, roller skating and family education, to children's love, marriage, house decoration and car purchase. ...

Children's life, diapers, milk powder, various complementary foods;

When children grow up, they should learn all kinds of special classes;

When my son wants to give a girl a small gift on a date, he should keep the money;

If you get married, you have to have a wedding reception. In case the mother-in-law opens her mouth, the bride price is a lot of money.

The wedding room should not be too far away from the urban area, the decoration should be green and environmentally friendly, and a car should be bought. ...

From dawn to dark, the tens of meters long list of expenses made the audience breathe a sigh of relief-"I thought it was a pure comedy, but the ending was so heartfelt."

Only by raising a baby can we deeply realize that children are the biggest luxury of a family.

Eating, drinking, sleeping, wearing and living, every child's growth is inseparable from the support of money.

According to "China Birth Cost Report 2022 Edition", among the costs of raising children, the costs of pregnancy, childbirth, confinement and raising children before the age of three only account for 16% of the total cost.

Although milk powder, diapers, complementary food, clothes, toys and trolleys all look like money, they are dwarfed by the cost of education after the age of three.

After the age of three, the golden gobbler really began to erupt.

All kinds of early education classes, interest classes, cram schools, dig their brains and throw slogans: "Win at the starting line!" " "Inspire parents' fears and anxieties with a naked sense of crisis, and empty their parents' pockets of RMB.

The law summed up by people who have experienced the history of blood and tears: the older the child, the greater the cost; The speed of breaking money is basically proportional to the growth of the baby's age.

In order to catch the "Chicken Baby" train, parents are scrambling to spend a lot of money. The speed of making money is ticking, but the speed of spending money is rushing. The salary earned by hard work in moving bricks was handed over to the teacher as soon as I turned around.

I say "happy childhood", but my heart is not practical. When you see other people's children playing chess, calligraphy and painting, Lego programming, swimming and dancing, mastering everything, and reciting poems in Tang and Song Dynasties, your own children will only run around the community. Which parent can really hold his temper and continue to talk about poetry and distance?

Therefore, "everything is for children", various interest classes and cram schools, regardless of cost, pay for it. There may be no sound when you hit it, but there will be no splash if you don't hit it. Therefore, thousands of parents are still willing and eager.

It is not so much for the sake of "chicken" to make achievements, but rather for a change of mind.