For everyone with children please read...

> The Price of Children
>
> This is just too good not to pass on to all. Here
> is something absolutely positive for a change. I
> have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of raising a
> child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards
> listed this way. It's nice.
>
> The government recently calculated the cost of raising
> a child from birth to 18 and came up
> with $160,140.00 for a middle
> income family. Talk about price shock! That doesn't even touch college
> tuition.
>
> But $160,140.00 isn't so bad if you break it down.
> It translates into:
>
>
>
> * $8,896.66 a year,
> * $741.38 a month,
>
>
> * $171.08 a week.
> * A mere $24.24 a day!
> * Just over a dollar an hour.
>
> Still, you might think the best financial advice is; don't have children if you
> want to be 'rich.'
> Actually, it is just the opposite.
>
> What do you get for your $160,140.00?
>
> * Naming rights. First,
> middle, and last!
> * Glimpses of God every day.
> * Giggles under the covers every night.
> * More love than your heart can hold.
> * Butterfly kisses and
> Velcro hugs.
> * Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm
> cookies.
> * A hand to hold usually
> covered with jelly or
> chocolate.
> * A partner for blowing bubbles and flying kites.
> * Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks
> performed that day.
>
> For $160,140.00, you never have to grow up. You get to:
>
> * finger-paint,
> * carve pumpkins,
> * play hide-and-seek,
> * catch lightning bugs,
> * never stop believing in Santa Claus.
>
> You have an excuse to:
>
> * keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
> * watch Saturday morning cartoons,
> * go to Disney movies, and
> * wish on stars.
>
> You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect
> spray painted noodle
> wreaths for Christmas ,
> hand prints set in clay for
> Mother's Day, and
> cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
>
>
> For a mere $24.24 a day, there is no
> greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for:
>
> * retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
> * taking the training wheels off a
> bike,
> * removing a splinter,
> * filling a wading pool,
> * coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and
>
>
> * coaching a
> baseball team that never wins but always gets treated
> to ice cream regardless.
>
>
> You get a front row seat in history to witness
> the:
>
>
>
> * First step,
> * First word,
> * First bra,
> * First date,
> * First time behind the wheel.
>
> You get to be immortal. You get another branch added
> to your family tree, and if you're
> lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called
> grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an
> education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications,
> and human sexuality that no college can match.
>
> In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under
> God. You have all the power to heal a
> boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a
> broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever,
> and love them without limits, so one day they will, like
> you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a
> deal for the price !!!!!!!
>
> Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren
> & great-grandchildren
> !!!!!!!
>
>
> It's the best investment
> you'll ever make !!!!!!!!!