Minus 200 thousand even before the maternity hospital. "A boy costs like a good renovated apartment in the city center where you live! " - Internet experts scare young parents. According to one estimate, a newly minted Russian under the age of 18 costs a family 30 million rubles on average; Rostat puts it more modestly: from 6 to 18 million, depending on the region. The journalist, who will soon become a mother, conducted her own investigation and calculated how much it really costs to raise a child in Vladivostok at 2026 prices. This is the first text (everything just can't fit into one) with calculated family expenses from a positive pregnancy test to birth. Primorye news Contact the editors.

Minus 200 thousand even before the maternity hospital. "A boy costs like a good renovated apartment in the city center where you live! " - Internet experts scare young parents. According to one estimate, a newly minted Russian under the age of 18 costs a family 30 million rubles on average; Rostat puts it more modestly: from 6 to 18 million, depending on the region. The journalist, who will soon become a mother, conducted her own investigation and calculated how much it really costs to raise a child in Vladivostok at 2026 prices. This is the first text (everything just can't fit into one) with calculated family expenses from a positive pregnancy test to birth. Primorye news Contact the editors.