I recently came across a wonderful article which talks about the cost of a child. It says on average it costs $227K, in dollar of 2012, to get the kid to 18 years old. less than 18% of that, or about $40K, is for education. http://www.earlychildhoodeducation.com/cost-of-a-child/ $40k for 18 years, that’s 2200 a year in [...]