Acid definition, Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base.
Middle income families spend a great deal more on their children and receive vastly less government assistance with a net cost of $375 per week and a lifelong cost of $449,513. The high income family spends $734 per week and receives, on average, just $1 per week in assistance.n our first report back in 2002 we found that it cost a typical family $448,000 to raise two children from birth until they left home (Percival and Harding, 2002). In our 2007 report we found that this cost had increased to $537,000 (Percival et al, 2007).
The cost of elder care can be daunting, and for some families out-of-home care is simply an impossibility. According to the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, the cost of caring for aging parents is the following:1  Nursing home (Semi-private room): $214/day or $78,110 per year.he cost of elder care can be daunting, and for some families out-of-home care is simply an impossibility. According to the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, the cost of caring for aging parents is the following: