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Financial Tradeoffs Parents are Making for Their Families

Every parent knows that having a child isn't cheap. The average cost of raising a family has grown higher than ever, and parents are making some sacrifices to pay it. Here are some of the common tradeoffs new mothers and fathers are making.

Bain Capital to Buy Gymboree for $1.8 Billion

Bill Gates Sr. Opens a Window Into His Son's Stormy Youth

Parents of less-than-perfect offspring, take heart: It turns out, perhaps not surprisingly, that Harvard University drop-out, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates was at times a difficult kid, at least according to his father. Says dad: "It obviously worked itself out at a very early date."

During recession Americans make changes, not babies

Recession adoptions: Economy forces some women to give up babies

Jobless get help with childcare

Some great career ideas for single parents