Staggering cost of raising a child in California revealed, as state tops ‘most expensive’ charts
Parenting Staggering cost of raising a child in California revealed, as state tops ‘most expensive’ charts By Asia Grace Published July 13, 2026, 5:21 p.m. Add The California Post on Google It costs to raise kiddos on the coast. Sunshine, surf and seriously steep expenses are on deck for new mommies and daddies in California, which has just been named one of the most pricey places to parent in America — the land of the free where it takes over $300,000 to raise offspring from infancy to age 18.
- ▪Parenting Staggering cost of raising a child in California revealed, as state tops ‘most expensive’ charts By Asia Grace Published July 13, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
- ▪Add The California Post on Google It costs to raise kiddos on the coast.
- ▪Sunshine, surf and seriously steep expenses are on deck for new mommies and daddies in California, which has just been named one of the most pricey places to parent in America — the land of the free where it takes over $300,000 to raise off
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