The two peaks of child cost, the gap retirement saving is supposed to fit in, and how to price a career break.
Raising a child is quoted as one total and arrives as two peaks. Where the peaks fall matters more than the total.
The first five years average $29,325 a year — about 75% above the average across all eighteen.
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