Throughout the ages, having children has been a required course in everyone's life, and it is also a commitment of love between husband and wife to each other.
However, with the progress of society and economic development, the continuous improvement of people's living standards and the changes in ideological concepts, having children seems to have become less important, or is considered a burden by some people.
Many people think that it is not difficult to give birth to a child, but what is difficult is how to raise a child after birth.
I did some calculations for this. The cost of raising a child from birth to adulthood is about one million.
Many people may be shocked by this number, but in fact it is not that scary. Let’s look at the specific data first.
Pregnancy period: 10,000-20,000, including pregnancy test fee, nutrition fee, production fee, and maternity supplies.
Child 0-3 years old: 60,000, including diapers, milk powder, clothes, toys, and snacks.
3-6 years old (kindergarten): 150,000. The fee includes kindergarten (small, middle and large classes) tuition, clothes, toys, and interest class tuition.
6-12 years old (primary school): 180,000. The cost includes books, living expenses, clothes, and interest class tuition.
12-15 years old (junior high school): 100,000, including books, living expenses, clothes, and interest class tuition.
15-18 years old (high school): 140,000, including tuition, tutoring fees, nutrition fees, clothing, and living expenses.
18-22 years old (university): 150,000, tuition, transportation expenses, living expenses (mainly).
Total: 2+6+15+18+10+14+15=800,000
The above is an algorithm based on a middle class living in a first-tier city.
As you can see, the daily cost in 22 years is only 1 million, which is equivalent to about 40,000 yuan per year, and less than 4,000 yuan per month. I believe that by this standard, raising children is not difficult at all for most people.
And this is calculated in a relatively luxurious way, and is raised according to a relatively wealthy standard.
In fact, the expenditure in real life can be more reasonably optimized, which means that in fact it does not use that much money. For example, there is a lot of room for maneuver in interest classes and living expenses, so the cost of raising children can be greatly reduced.
Therefore, most people do not dare to have children because they are afraid that they will not be able to raise them. In fact, they are all selling anxiety. In fact, they are not worried about being unable to support themselves, they are just worried about being rich and unable to support themselves.
No matter what, no matter what the high-sounding reasons are, getting married and having children is a major event in life and a responsibility. Being filial to others is a duty to oneself.
Unless there are special circumstances, it is very stupid to choose to be a DINK family . No matter you have money or not, you will regret it when you get old. Of course, if it's a highly respected official, that's a different story. Otherwise, ordinary DINK family will usually have more tragic results!
