I genuinely don&#x27;t know how a couple could raise one child on $30k&#x2F;yr - is rent cheap where you live ?<p>If you had have asked me what a couple needs to raise a kid in the US, I would have guessed 80k.. maybe 60k if they are very careful with money management, as you suggest.<p>I&#x27;m actually being sincere.. but where I live rent is very high, so perhaps that explains the vast difference ?