Basic math. Both my wife and I make about $50k annually, no kids. We make enough to sustain ourselves. If we get a kid, one of our incomes vanishes, either by staying home or in daycare ($300/day). And that's not even doing any math on the increased cost of having a child! $20,000 to birth it! Hundreds on diapers and baby formula a month! It just doesn't math!
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u/kfish5050 11d ago
Basic math. Both my wife and I make about $50k annually, no kids. We make enough to sustain ourselves. If we get a kid, one of our incomes vanishes, either by staying home or in daycare ($300/day). And that's not even doing any math on the increased cost of having a child! $20,000 to birth it! Hundreds on diapers and baby formula a month! It just doesn't math!