The Independent reports that the average child
in the UK will cause £5,000 damage in their parents’ homes by the time they
reach 18.
Apparently 3 year olds are the most
destructive, according to the ‘True Cost of a Child’ report.
It
lists the most common damage caused at home as:
- Spilling food and drink on the carpets (63%)
- Smashing plates and crockery (35%)
- Drawing and painting on the walls (33%)
- Breaking vases, pictures and photo frames (24%)
- Tearing wallpaper from the walls (22%)
- Jumping on beds until they break (15%)
- Breaking windows playing sports in the garden (10%)
- Damaging the TV playing computer games (9%)
- Putting food and drink in electrical objects (7%)
- Hiding valuables in the washing machine (6.6%)
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