Tuesday, June 15, 2010

On the 6 o'clock news!

Dr. Drew talks about the benefits of premarital counseling!

Check it out: Click here to watch the news clip.

Or cut and paste this link into your browser: http://charlotte.news14.com/content/local_news/triangle/627133/gaston-co--sends-proposal-to-ga-for-waiting-period-before-marriage

Thursday, June 10, 2010

The cost of raising a child

I was watching Nightly News with Brian Williams last night and he reported that the cost of raising a child born in 2009 until 17 years of age is $222,360 for a middle-income family. Whoa, that's a lot of cash!!

I posted this statistic on a social networking site and instantly it formed a lengthy discussion between myself and many of my friends. There were various opinions varying from "...it's a lot more..." to "...no way." Well, which one is accurate? To get a better understanding, I found the online story.

It seems that no matter how you cut it, children are expensive to raise.