Choosing to have children can be a blessing but it can also be expensive, there's clothing and shoes, food and health care to think of.
Many parents go to work but there's another cost with that - child care. New research shows the cost of raising a family has risen more than 60 percent in the last five years, and the biggest cost is child care.
IBIS World Analyst Hayley Munro-Smith breaks down the costs for us.
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