This chart shows the No. 1 reason why the cost of raising kids jumped 60% in eight years

October 8, 2026 · 2:00 pm 1 sources

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• This chart shows the No. 1 reason why the cost of raising kids jumped 60% in eight years
  MarketWatch · October 8, 2026 14:00
  “The birth-rate crisis is really an affordability crisis.”