Bob McCarty Writes

In a report made public last month, the Department of Agriculture estimated that each American child costs an average of $204,060 to feed, house, clothe, educate and entertain until the age of 18. That estimate doesn’t surprise me one bit.

Based on those USDA numbers, nearly $600,000 will go toward feeding my three sons during a 26-year period between the birth of my oldest son and the 18th birthday of my youngest.

How confident am I that those numbers are accurate? When you have three boys, all of whom have more than a decade of experience as omnivores, you’re very confident — at least, I am.

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