# Cost of Raising a Child Calculator API

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt).

Project the cost of raising a child to 18 by spending category with income tier, siblings, inflation, and optional college.

Use this endpoint to add the tool to your app, site, workflow, or agent without rebuilding formulas, validation, examples, and docs.

- Slug: `cost-of-raising-a-child-calculator`
- Category: `finance`
- Version: `2026-04-22`
- Credits per successful call: 2
- Starts on: free
- Max payload: 65536 bytes
- Privacy mode: `hash_only`
- Available on: free, starter, pro, business, scale
- Browser tool: https://miniwebtool.com/cost-of-raising-a-child-calculator/

## Endpoint

`POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/cost-of-raising-a-child-calculator/run`

## Request body

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `current_age` | `int` | no |  |
| `num_children` | `int` | no |  |
| `income_level` | `str` | no | lower | middle | higher Choices: lower, middle, higher |
| `inflation_pct` | `float` | no |  |
| `include_college` | `bool` | no | Add 4 years of public in-state college grown at 5 percent education inflation |
| `annual_income` | `float | None` | no |  |

## Example request

```json
{
  "current_age": 0,
  "num_children": 1,
  "income_level": "middle",
  "inflation_pct": 3
}
```

## cURL

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/cost-of-raising-a-child-calculator/run \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"current_age":0,"num_children":1,"income_level":"middle","inflation_pct":3}'
```

## Response envelope

```json
{
  "request_id": "01K...",
  "tool": "cost-of-raising-a-child-calculator",
  "tool_version": "2026-04-22",
  "credits_used": 2,
  "result": {}
}
```

## Errors

Errors are RFC 7807 `application/problem+json`. Branch on `code`, not `title`.

## MCP

Agents can discover and call this tool through `https://api.miniwebtool.com/mcp` or `https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp` using MCP `tools/list` and `tools/call`.

## Frequently asked

### What does the Cost of Raising a Child Calculator API do?

Project the cost of raising a child to 18 by spending category with income tier, siblings, inflation, and optional college. Use it to add this utility without rebuilding formulas, validation, examples, and documentation.

### How much does one call cost?

2 credits per successful call. Failed calls do not bill.

### What parameters are required?

Required fields: (none). Full schema at `https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/openapi.json`.

### Is this deterministic?

Yes. Same input, same output. Tool version: 2026-04-22.