Raising a child is expensive, but any parent will tell that it’s worth every dime. Yet how does child rearing compare to other necessary purchases like buying a car? Toyota of Knoxville recently examined the numbers, releasing the first side-by-side comparison of its kind: Baby vs. Corolla. You can’t help but wonder how much the cost of raising a child compares to other necessary household expenses, like monthly grocery budgets, the cost of a mortgage or rent, and the cost of owning a new vehicle. Recently, that last example piqued the interest of the Toyota of Knoxville team. We wanted to look at the overall costs of owning a new Toyota Corolla, one of the best-selling family sedans, compared to that of raising a child. The results were