Expenditure on children as a country

[Eggle]

Can someone point me in the direction of some statistics on expenditure on children per year, particularly on clothing and non necessary items.
Is there a web site for such?

[hornetrider]

Alas no however I remember there was an article this week relating to the fact the raising a child to adulthood has just breached the 200k barrier. I'll leave you to do the math

[CaptainSlow]

hornetrider said:

Alas no however I remember there was an article this week relating to the fact the raising a child to adulthood has just breached the 200k barrier. I'll leave you to do the math

Please don't ever say "math" again.

[hornetrider]

CaptainSlow said:

hornetrider said:

Alas no however I remember there was an article this week relating to the fact the raising a child to adulthood has just breached the 200k barrier. I'll leave you to do the math

Please don't ever say "math" again.

1. fk you
2. May I refer you to the
3. May I refer you to the sarcasm thread
4. FFS

Ah'm oot.

[CaptainSlow]

hornetrider said:

CaptainSlow said:

hornetrider said:

Alas no however I remember there was an article this week relating to the fact the raising a child to adulthood has just breached the 200k barrier. I'll leave you to do the math

Please don't ever say "math" again.

1. fk you
2. May I refer you to the
3. May I refer you to the sarcasm thread
4. FFS


Ah'm oot.

Nice reply, I won't bother trying to help you on your Slough thread anymore then. night x.

[Justayellowbadge]

Will you two just fk and get it over with?

[Cock Womble]

My only expenditure on children only extends to the odd bag of bait sweets.

[Four Cofffee]

Those 200K figures are utter ste because they are made up by middle class wets who include things like giving up work for 5 years to wipe arses, taking them to Bali on holiday and flying business class with extra luggage allowances for the butler, having a pony (surely not every Sunday?), giving Coco Chanel party bags at birthdays and buying off unsavoury partners.

[Pork]

Four Cofffee said:

Those 200K figures are utter ste because they are made up by middle class wets who include things like giving up work for 5 years to wipe arses, taking them to Bali on holiday and flying business class with extra luggage allowances for the butler, having a pony (surely not every Sunday?), giving Coco Chanel party bags at birthdays and buying off unsavoury partners.

So what are you saying, £400k is closer?

[Four Cofffee]

Pork said:

Four Cofffee said:

Those 200K figures are utter ste because they are made up by middle class wets who include things like giving up work for 5 years to wipe arses, taking them to Bali on holiday and flying business class with extra luggage allowances for the butler, having a pony (surely not every Sunday?), giving Coco Chanel party bags at birthdays and buying off unsavoury partners.

So what are you saying, £400k is closer?

The rest of us continue working part time, take cheap days out, shop at Asda, holiday in France/Spain, run a crappy 2nd car not a RR, don't send their kids on all the school skiing trips and don't buy the kids their first car with tax and insuarnce (as the £200k figure included). All I am saying is these figures are often run up by some journo living in the their Islington enclave, who is short of a story for Sunday.

These days kids clothes are very cheap, feeding them isn't breaking the bank unless you are a single parent on benefits and everything else is discretional spend and can be done inexpensively.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

However cheap, or expensive, 1 is, 4 costs what I think an economist would describe as "fking loads" - even with economies of scale and hand-me-downs. Thieving little bds. And when they grow up although the nature of the hassle changes, the bills just get bigger.

God love 'em.

[singlecoil]

All sounds like a very avoidable expense, especially as you can a vasectomy on the NHS.

[Pork]

Four Cofffee said:

Pork said:

Four Cofffee said:

Those 200K figures are utter ste because they are made up by middle class wets who include things like giving up work for 5 years to wipe arses, taking them to Bali on holiday and flying business class with extra luggage allowances for the butler, having a pony (surely not every Sunday?), giving Coco Chanel party bags at birthdays and buying off unsavoury partners.

So what are you saying, £400k is closer?

The rest of us continue working part time, take cheap days out, shop at Asda, holiday in France/Spain, run a crappy 2nd car not a RR, don't send their kids on all the school skiing trips and don't buy the kids their first car with tax and insuarnce (as the £200k figure included). All I am saying is these figures are often run up by some journo living in the their Islington enclave, who is short of a story for Sunday.

These days kids clothes are very cheap, feeding them isn't breaking the bank unless you are a single parent on benefits and everything else is discretional spend and can be done inexpensively.

I was kidding.

I too think £200k is crazy! I think you spend what you can afford. If you cant afford a new Mama's and Papa's pram, Osh Kosh clothes etc etc there are oftne friends/relatives that have bits to help out.

As for including a new car and insurance in the cals, thats just bonkers!

[Rocksteadyeddie]

singlecoil said:

All sounds like a very avoidable expense, especially as you can a vasectomy on the NHS.

That doesn't sound like much fun. I shall pass.