Parents with kids in grade school through high school will shell out an average of $684 to prepare for the 2018-19 back to school -- the third highest total since the National Retail Federation has been tracking the amount in its annual back-to-school survey. Shoppers, according to the survey, plan ...

Any parent knows it’s not cheap to raise a child. In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in one report, found the annual cost can be between about $13,000 and $15,000 per child for the average family of four. That includes food, housing, transportation costs, child care, health care and, amo...