175,200 Hours: Happy Mother’s Day

175,200 is the number of hours parents are on duty 
for the first 20 years of a child’s life. 

They are responsible for 21,900 meals 

and 52,000 pieces of clean clothing and accoutrements, 
plus 6,378.5 diapers. 

A parent will offer 51,100 prayers for a child, 

send them to 2,340 days of K-12 education 

and spend approximately 
$241,080.00 to rear each child. 

Here are 552,927 reasons to call home on Mother’s Day.