The average health related cost of having a child, including pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care are nearly $19,000, including 3,000 out of pocket dollars with insurance. And that's if there's no complications. The average middle-class family spends about $13,000 a year in a child's first year of life. and that's only growing because of inflation at every stage of the process, we need to make parenthood more accessible for every family. (05:41–05:58)
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Asserts the average expenditure by middle-class families in the first year of a child's life.
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