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Raising a middle class child costs nearly a quarter million

Name: Raising a middle class child costs nearly a quarter million
Uploaded: 2014-08-19T08:12:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 57 s
Description: A new government report finds that the average middle class family will spend nearly $250,000 on a child born last year. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger discusses the numbers.

A new government report finds that the average middle class family will spend nearly $250,000 on a child born last year. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger discusses the numbers.