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Bringing up baby costs 'too much'
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September 20, 2010, Monday
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RAISING children in China is too expensive, according to 83 percent of respondents to an Internet survey.
The www.sina.com survey, which has had 3,283 responses so far, asked participants about recent findings by a Nanjing-based university that most ordinary families spent about 100,000 yuan (US$14,900) on their child before he or she reached university age, while better-off ones spend up to three times as much.
The School of Foreign Language and Literature of Nanjing Normal University asked parents whose children were registering to fill in a form about the cost of bringing up a child, seeking information about the cost of education, medical treatment and daily expenses up to the age of 18.
One respondent to the Internet survey, "lieren 002," said he expected the cost of bringing up his child to be more than the findings showed. He had spent 80,000 yuan on his daughter's kindergarten education and would spend 132,000 yuan for her primary and middle school education, and another 144,400 yuan in insurance.
"I live in Beijing and expect the education cost alone for my daughter will exceed 350,000 yuan," he said.
Chang Li, an English teacher in a Beijing middle school, kept a record of the cost of bringing up her two-year-old daughter.
"From the day she could climb, I sent her to Gymboree early learning center, which helps her explore her potential through games, music and arts. From her first class till now, I have spent 12,000 yuan," said Chang.
Even before she got pregnant, Chang was spending money. Several hundred yuan went on vitamin supplements before she got pregnant and another 400 yuan on buying radiation protection clothing.
After her daughter's first birthday, she started to feed her imported milk powder, one to two tins per month at 160 yuan per tin. The diapers she uses cost 100 yuan per bag, and the baby goes through four bags a month.
But Chang said the bond between mother and child should not only be measured by money.
"Nothing can compare with the happiness a mother gets from witnessing her child grow up," she said.
The www.sina.com survey, which has had 3,283 responses so far, asked participants about recent findings by a Nanjing-based university that most ordinary families spent about 100,000 yuan (US$14,900) on their child before he or she reached university age, while better-off ones spend up to three times as much.
The School of Foreign Language and Literature of Nanjing Normal University asked parents whose children were registering to fill in a form about the cost of bringing up a child, seeking information about the cost of education, medical treatment and daily expenses up to the age of 18.
One respondent to the Internet survey, "lieren 002," said he expected the cost of bringing up his child to be more than the findings showed. He had spent 80,000 yuan on his daughter's kindergarten education and would spend 132,000 yuan for her primary and middle school education, and another 144,400 yuan in insurance.
"I live in Beijing and expect the education cost alone for my daughter will exceed 350,000 yuan," he said.
Chang Li, an English teacher in a Beijing middle school, kept a record of the cost of bringing up her two-year-old daughter.
"From the day she could climb, I sent her to Gymboree early learning center, which helps her explore her potential through games, music and arts. From her first class till now, I have spent 12,000 yuan," said Chang.
Even before she got pregnant, Chang was spending money. Several hundred yuan went on vitamin supplements before she got pregnant and another 400 yuan on buying radiation protection clothing.
After her daughter's first birthday, she started to feed her imported milk powder, one to two tins per month at 160 yuan per tin. The diapers she uses cost 100 yuan per bag, and the baby goes through four bags a month.
But Chang said the bond between mother and child should not only be measured by money.
"Nothing can compare with the happiness a mother gets from witnessing her child grow up," she said.
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