Parenting & Family Calculators

Names, custody time, daycare costs and the spacing between children — the figures families actually sit down and work out. A small, personal shelf, covering the decisions that are part arithmetic and part judgement.

The money side is plain to see: the Cost of Daycare Calculator, the After School Cost Calculator and the Cloth Diaper Savings Calculator all compare what raising children costs under different choices, including the long-running cloth-versus-disposable comparison. The Custody Calculator and the Guideline Calculator handle the time and support side of separated parenting, while the Marriage Success Rate Calculator looks at the odds side of a relationship question.

Lighter tools sit next to the serious ones. The Baby Name Calculator scores and ranks names, and the Irish Twins Calculator works out the spacing between siblings born close together. The mix is deliberate: family decisions are rarely only financial, and the shelf reflects that.