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[quote=Anonymous]If you have 2 working parents, childcare costs never go away.  Daycare at 2K a month for infant care, it drops a little for a preschooler, all of the care costs w for when school is out.

Hopefully your children are healthly and do not need services of any type.  Of they do, you will cut your hours so that you can take them to the appointments /specialists.

You no longer have all the unlimited hours in the day to do what you need to do so you pay a premium because of convience.  Maybe you do peapod istead of going to the grocery store.

Someone is the default parent and you can not be as responsive to work as you used to be.  You are taking off for snow days, snow delays, child sick, drs appts.  and your reviews / growth trajectory is not the same as it was.

Kids shoes are not cheap!   My children have foot problems so I they do not wear target / payless shoes.  Striderites are $50+ for a pair of sneakers.  Imagine your clothing budget - double it for what you will need to purchase for your kids.  And they grow so they need new rainboots / snow boots every year.   Kids Uggs are close to the same price of adult Uggs in case you think you wnt to buy the real things.  [/quote]

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