Much of the criticism of the US' child support system often comes from the claim that it's too much. The sense I get from these commenters is that they have no fucking clue how much it costs (in both time and money) to raise and maintain a healthy child through to adulthood.

PPD'ers.. please give your best estimate on:

  1. A breakdown of what you think are all the running and one time costs for raising a child

  2. How much time is involved for common tasks of raising (this one might be harder but try

EDIT: probably a good idea to include the region you have in mind. As cost of living varies wildly throughout the US

EDIT 2: I did mean day-to-day costs. So far the majority of answers aren't even responding to 1. or 2.