'Almost unmanageable’: Raising a child in the U.S. now costs more than $300,000

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The experience of being a parent may be priceless. But the reality is there’s a price tag on raising a child, and it’s up in the hundreds of thousands. 

The average cost of raising a child over the course of 18 years in the U.S. has reached $303,418, according to a new study from LendingTree.