verb (used without object), clung, clinging. 1. to adhere closely; stick to: The wet paper clings to the glass. 2. to hold tight, as by grasping or embracing; cleave: The children clung to each other in the dark. 3. to be or remain close: The child clung to her mother's side.
For a rough estimate of how much it costs to raise a child to adulthood, we have a new study from BMO Harris. The bank found that each child cost (on average) $795 per month, although some surveyed said that the number was closer to more than $2,000 a month. Of course, nobody really figures on child raising to be so expensive. And it largely depends upon where you live.
A kid costs $500 per month or $6,000 a year if you feed it rice and beans everyday. So instead of feeding the kid 3 times a day times 365 days a year times 20 years you could have used that same $500 a month and invested it in good stocks @ 12 percent compounded daily and after 20 years you will have over $500,000.ore specifically, when expressed in 2009 dollars, the cost of raising a child from birth to age 17 in a middle income family back in 1960 was $182,857. This 21.6% increase was largely driven by inflation-adjusted increases in housing, healthcare, child care, and education expenses.