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Daily Talker: What's Your Biggest Expense When It Comes To Your Children?

It's expensive to raise children.
But you already knew that.
New research from the Department of Agriculture finds your kids will cost you nearly $250,000 before they turn 18.
You read that right -- $250,000 BEFORE they turn 18.
Where does all that money go?
Researchers say:
Housing.
Health care.
Child care.
Education.
It gets worse for anyone living in New England -- the cost balloons to more than $277,000.
And then there's college -- which has the potential to double that number.
What's your biggest expense when it comes to your children?

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