The Price of a child.
The price of raising a child from birth to 18 according to the government is about $160,140 for a middle-income family.
But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down.
It translates into $8,896.66 a year, $741.38 a month or $171.08 a week. That's a mere $24.44 a day. Just over a dollar an hour.
Some may think that's money wasted.
But to a mother it can be the greatest gift of all.
To a mother, a child is a gift.
To her, nothing beats getting a gift of life and love.
It's the gift of ultimate love between a mother and her child
A bond that is impossible to break no matter how you try.
Mothers will always remember the times they had with a child.
Remember the memories you've had with your mom.
All the times she stopped your crying when you were hurt.
The times she scared away the monsters in your room.
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You begin with an interesting concept here, Isaiah, by bringing in today's "price of a child," but I feel like there is a disconnect between this opening and the rest of your poem.
ReplyDeleteYou contrast this monetary breakdown of the price of raising a child with the line, "Some may think that's money wasted", and I expected you to talk a little more about this before moving on to the perspective of the mother who values her child. It seems as though your poem is about conflicting views over monetary value versus other kinds of valuing. I didn't quite get this contrast from what you've provided here.