The Cost of Kids

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[MHGinTN]

A Happy Christmas PING)))))) to you wonderful people of FreeRepublic.

[Dr. Good Will Hunting]

Thank you. Merry Christmas.

[patent]

>>>>What do your get for your $160,140?

As much as you give.

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[RooRoobird14]

This is all well and good, except my daughter just announced to us she wants to go to Notre Dame University. Being Catholic, we were thrilled.......until we looked at the estimated costs on Notre Dame's web site. .($30,000/yr for tuition, room & board).

Daughter's a solid B student in 8th grade--probably good enough to get in, not good enough to get in on scholarship. Since hubby and I are "evil top two-percenters", there's no possibility of getting meaningful financial aid of any kind. So we've been saving for college since the day she was born. We thought we were all set (even after the stock market tanked) after 13 years of saving and investing--until Notre Dame came up. LOLOLOL--back to the drawing board!!!

LOL, for all I know she'll change her mind in her senior year and decide to go to beauty school to "do hair."

[MissAmericanPie]

Merry Christmas, thanks for the ping. May God bless you and your family.

[Gordian Blade]

No "first bra" for me, thank goodness. Boys are tough enough!

[MeekOneGOP]

Merry Christmas bump back atcha!

[MHGinTN]

Roo, with parents like you folks, she'll do it well! Count your blessings.

[gumbo]

And a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to you too!

Yep, kids are great. Am hugely looking forward to taking the brood of four and the spouse to see "The Fellowship of the Ring" this weekend.

[MHGinTN]

Merry Christmas ping to you ...

[MHGinTN]

Go to early Church Service on Sunday and make a matinee ... the cost is considerably less; this brood did it with Harry Potter.

[gumbo]

Try looking at Grove City College. Your daughter would get an excellent education there, and it costs less than half what Notre Dame does. They have a pretty good football team, too!

You (and she) might find it a problem that the student population is primarily Evangelical, though. Not that there's any hostility toward Catholics (at all); and, there is a Cardinal Newman Society on campus.

[RooRoobird14]

I do count my blessings every day, MHG. She was the "Toddler from Hell", but so far (at nearly age 14)her most serious crimes are occasionally talking back, talking on the phone too much and a VERY MESSY BEDROOM.

I thank God and my lucky stars for her--there's a lot of girls her age are already into smoking, sneaking out of the house at night, sex, etc.

Back to the subject: Did that $160,000 include the cost of paying for a wedding? If not, add another $10,000 to $20,000--LOLOLOLOL.

[stainlessbanner]

Bump!

[BibChr]

Well, allowing for some doctrinal-type differences, this one still has tears in my eyes. Thanks for the ping.

Dan

[gumbo]

What did you think of the Harry Potter movie? My kids turned up their noses at the book, and had zero interest in the movie, so thank goodness I didn't have to face any dilemma there.

OTOH, my 13 year old is ploughing delightedly through the Lord of the Rings trilogy (only half of the last volume, Return of the King, to go) so he can finish the whole thing before seeing first installment of the movie.

Here's a crosswalk.com commentary on LOTR: 'Lord of the Rings' has ring of the Christian Lord .

[Johnny Gage]

ok.. pass the kleenex please. Great read, thanks!

A Blessed Christmas to freepers everywhere.

Dave
Mpls Mn

[William Wallace]

Wonderful post. I loved your postscript best of all.

I would add only one thing more: the cost is really low when you consider that for the first three years or so, you have the rare privilege of being around someone who has recently been in God's presence ... and come to this place to be with you! Thank You, Lord!

Thanks my FRiend.

[victim soul]

Thanks MGH -- I wouldn't trade in one day of being a Mother -- Life -- WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CHOICE!!!!!Merry Christmas and hug those grandchildren for me!! I can hardly wait to have my own.