[Des Moines Register] Parents will spend $241,080 to raise a child born in 2012, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Adjusting for inflation over 17 years, that figure, for a middle income two-parent, two-child family, comes to $301,970. The 2.6 percent increase over 2011 is lower than the 4.4 percent average […]