COLUMBIA — Raising children has always been expensive. According to the Huffington Post's "Birth Rate Plummets, Young Americans Too Poor to Have Kids," the effects of the nation's economic turmoil on young adults have made the cost unbearable for many.
Young adults and the declining birth rate
Sunday, July 1, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CDT
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