【在 J*****i 的大作中提到】 : Oops, I thought top 5% is somewhere above $200K per family. But after doing : some search online, it would be around $170K instead.
e*e
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17万,在湾区连贫困线都到不了,或者说,将将到。
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【在 J*****i 的大作中提到】 : Oops, I thought top 5% is somewhere above $200K per family. But after doing : some search online, it would be around $170K instead.
J*i
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True. I was just asking that if top 5% income family cannot afford it, how would other Americans with multi kids do it? :(
then one of the parents can stay home with the kids. take them to storytime , music class, gym class, etc. not only will you save the daycare money, but also you can save tax money.
【在 x******t 的大作中提到】 : then one of the parents can stay home with the kids. take them to storytime : , music class, gym class, etc. not only will you save the daycare money, : but also you can save tax money. : : 了。
It's generally a dilemma between having kids early, and establishing your financial base first. While there is nothing wrong to have kids when you can't actually afford them, do understand it's a choice that you made to raise them without enough (good) resources. On the other hand, people always regret after they actually have decent jobs that pay enough to raise a family, that they shouldn't have waited so long to have kids. Ideally, you want to make $300,000 as a family when you have your first kid and you are still under 30, and your income bumped to $400,000-$500,000 in your early-30s when you have your second. That way, you have a better chance to give them the "best."