Top News·Henan Business Daily Reporter Yang Yiying
As the end of the year approaches, various annual bills are released. Some are warm and some are "heart-wrenching".
In Zhengzhou, how much does it cost to raise a child a year? Top News· Henan Business Daily reporters surveyed 114 Zhengzhou parents. Some of them "spent" more than 2 million yuan to buy school district houses for their children, and some parents spend more than 10,000 yuan a year to raise their children. Nearly half of parents spend 24,000 to 60,000 yuan on their children a year.
School expenditure, hobbies cultivation, and daily necessities expenditure have become the "three mountains" that weigh on parents. 74% of parents believe that the cost of raising children is too high and do not consider having a second or third child for the time being.
. In families with two children, , , raising costs are lower than those of one child, which is a common phenomenon.
[Data] Some people are "raised poorly" and some are "raised richly". The cost gap is huge
High raising costs have become a prominent social problem, and more and more parents have become " child slave ". To this end, the country has also introduced a variety of policies to reduce the pressure on family childbirth, raising and education.
Have the pressure on families reduced?
reporter's survey results show that in Zhengzhou, 49% of families spend 24,000 to 60,000 yuan on their children every year, and 24% of families spend 12,000 to 24,000 yuan.
Among them, expenses for hobbies, daily necessities (buying clothes, toys, stationery, etc.), expenses for going to school (childcare, kindergarten, school tuition, etc.), daily parenting expenses (milk powder, diapers, diet, etc.), and medical expenses have become the main expenditure items for most families.
. Children’s spending focus is also different in different age groups. The parents interviewed believe that children’s ages of 3 to 6 are the most expensive, followed by 6 to 12 and 1 to 3 years old.
In addition, the reporter also discovered an interesting phenomenon: the cost of "raising poorly" and "raising richly" families is huge. Some families spend 12,000 yuan on their children a year, while others spend 240,000 yuan on their children a year. The difference between the two is 20 times.
As for the parenting costs borne by the family, 56% of the parents surveyed said that "it's a bit difficult and can still bear it", and 23% of the parents said that "it can be afforded."
Regarding future birth plans, many parents said that one or two children are already the limit they can bear. About 74% of the parents surveyed do not consider having a second or third child due to the cost of raising children.
94% of parents believe that in order to achieve "freedom of raising children" in Zhengzhou, the annual family income cannot be less than 300,000 yuan.
[Features] Different age groups, different "gold swallowing" attributes are
" gold swallowing beast " is indeed powerful. Where did parents spend their money?
Before the child is born, nutritional expenses, prenatal inspection expenses, production expenses, and confinement expenses are the main expenses.
Baoma Ruirui's child was just half a year old, and she did some calculations: "I started to see a doctor in the pregnancy stage. I finally got pregnant, and I continued to have various supplements and nutritional supplements. I chose public hospitals and confinement clubs to give birth. Now I hired a nanny at home to help. The total cost of various expenses is no less than 100,000 yuan."
In the infant stage of 0 to 3 years old, the expenses of raising milk powder, diapers, etc. are only part of it, and most families face the problem of child care.
The child cannot enter kindergarten before the age of 3, and the parents have to go to work again. Many parents expressed their confusion as to whether to sacrifice a parent to watch their children at home full-time, to send them to childcare, or to ask someone to take care of them. No matter which option is, the economic pressure behind it is huge.
enters the kindergarten stage of 3 to 6 years old, and education and medical expenses occupy a major position. The reporter's investigation found that the tuition fees for kindergartens in Zhengzhou are quite different, ranging from about 10,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan per year.
Children are prone to illness and are also the main problem of this age group. Ms. Zhou, a 5-year-old mother, said: "It costs several hundred yuan for a child to have a cold at a time. It costs more than three thousand yuan to go to the hospital for a chronic cough some time ago. I usually take him to do pediatric massage, moxibustion, etc., and it costs several thousand yuan a year to apply for a card."
entered the primary school stage of 6 to 12 years old, although compulsory education does not cost money. However, parents often want to give their children the best, and school choice fees, interest classes, and school district housing have also become the main expenses.Ms. Wang, the mother of the second child, said that both of her children went to private primary schools, and the annual tuition fee was about 80,000 yuan.
The cost of school district housing is even more huge. In order to get the child to his ideal primary school, a parent interviewed spent 2.55 million yuan to buy a school district housing this year. Although the price is bought on the "top of the mountain", parents believe that the money spent for their children is worth it.
[Phenomenon] The cost of raising a second child is lower than that of the first child
The problem of raising a child is a long-standing problem. Generations of parents are working hard for the healthy growth of their children. With the development of the times, some new problems and phenomena have emerged.
Among them, the increase in fertility costs has become a common social phenomenon. According to media reports, the national epidemiological infertility incidence rate of reproductive health epidemiological infertility is 18%, which is equivalent to one pair of infertility in in every 5.5 couples of childbearing age. Among these infertile couples, 10% to 20% need to be treated with human assisted reproductive technology. The cost of a cycle of conventional IVF in my country is 30,000 to 40,000 yuan.
and confinement nanny , confinement clubs, and nanny teachers have also become the choices of many new mothers. Compared to the past when I was in confinement and asking my family to help me take care of it, this expense should not be underestimated.
"House the first child according to the book, and the second child according to the pig" is a joke and a true portrayal of many families.
reporters found that in many families with second children, the cost of raising a second child is lower than that of the first child. The lack of energy, great economic pressure, and changes in parents' mentality have become the main reasons.
Zhengzhou Baoma Yahui said: "Dabao is a variety of quality training for prenatal education, early education, and bilingual kindergartens. After having the second treasure, the boss can use the boss and everything else should be simple. The lack of energy is one aspect, mainly because the economic pressure is too great."
She found that the "fine raising" of Dabao and the "extensive raising" of Erbao can be as much as half the cost of raising.
However, as the child grows up, Yahui is no longer "partial". "After the age of three, the child gradually becomes self-aware, and the two children should be treated equally so that they can get the same love." Yahui said.
[Viewpoint] The country, society and individuals share the cost of raising children
How can the cost of raising families be reduced and more people dare to have, afford and raise good children?
History of Henan Academy of Social Sciences Assistant Researcher Li Sanhui believes that people's willingness to have children is not only a private matter of personal childbirth behavior, but also a major population event that concerns the long-term stability of the country. Raising children is to provide human resources for a society and the country. Therefore, the country, individual, society and other diverse subjects should have the responsibility to share the cost of raising children.
Among them, individuals and families bear the maximum proportion of costs, but society also needs to bear a certain share, especially the government needs to make sufficient financial investment and economic reserves.
"In terms of education cost sharing , although tuition fees are exempt from primary and junior high schools under the nine-year compulsory education system, the fees of nurseries, kindergartens, high schools and universities still need to be paid by families, and the increasing educational costs have greatly affected the reproductive decisions of many families. Therefore, the government should adhere to the direction of public welfare and universal preschool education, strive to increase the number of universal kindergartens, and implement the early childhood education cost reduction plan in a planned manner." Li Sanhui said.
In terms of personal tax reform, the current measures for children's education expenditure, supporting parents, mortgage deduction, etc. are all positive measures. We should continue to increase optimization efforts, such as gradually covering the maintenance of children under 3 years old, and timely increasing the special deduction amount.
In terms of medical insurance , we should continue to promote the reform of the medical system and improve the quality of medical insurance services, and strive to gradually move towards achieving free medical care and reduce the burden on society and families.
In terms of system guarantee for sharing parenting costs, Li Sanhui believes that anti-employment gender discrimination laws should be improved, equal rights for employment remuneration for men and women, legislation on child care, implementation of universal family or childcare allowances, and public childcare services should be provided.
Editor: Liu Mengge Li Yingxuan
