Co-parenting is easier when calls and messages reach the right parent
Buy a Care Number and enter it as your primary contact number at your kids’ school/daycare. When the school calls or texts, your Care Number forwards it to whichever parent has the kids that day, based on your custody schedule. On Dad's days, it goes to Dad. On Mom's days, it goes to Mom.
Make the right phone ring at the right time.
- One subscription covers both parents. Whoever signs up adds the other parent’s number.
- Calls and texts follow your schedule. Change it anytime, and it updates instantly.
- Need a schedule that doesn’t fit a daily or weekly pattern? Write to hello@carenumber.net and we’ll sort it out.
Free for 30 days,
then $12.99 a month.
Cancel anytime.
Set it once and the magic begins.
Example Care Number
(347) 555‑0142
Pick out the Care Number you want — in the area code you want. When the school or daycare calls this number, the right phone rings based on your schedule.
Example Schedule
| This Week | Next Week | |
|---|---|---|
 Dad’s Real Phone Number(217) 555‑0176 | Gets All Calls & Texts | Doesn’t ring |
 Mom’s Real Phone Number(217) 555‑0118 | Doesn’t ring | Gets All Calls & Texts |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dad’s Real Phone Number(217) 555‑0176 | Doesn’t ring | This phone gets calls and texts | This phone gets calls and texts | This phone gets calls and texts | This phone gets calls and texts | This phone gets calls and texts | Doesn’t ring |
| Mom’s Real Phone Number(217) 555‑0118 | This phone gets calls and texts | Doesn’t ring | Doesn’t ring | Doesn’t ring | Doesn’t ring | Doesn’t ring | This phone gets calls and texts |
Make sure the parent with the kids gets the calls.
- One subscription covers both parents. Whoever signs up adds the other parent’s number.
- Calls and texts follow your schedule. Change it anytime, and it updates instantly.
- Need a schedule that doesn’t fit a daily or weekly pattern? Write to hello@carenumber.net and we’ll sort it out.
Free for 30 days,
then $12.99 a month.
Cancel anytime.
Why this service was built
When a child gets hurt at school or pickup plans change, the first call tends to go to Mom, even during Dad's time. So she ends up playing the role of messenger, which can be exhausting.
Nobody planned it that way. Mom is often just the first number people think to try. But being the family's go-between adds up: forwarding texts, making calls, and following up, often from work in the middle of the day.
It isn't ideal for Dad, either. Hearing everything secondhand means details can get lost along the way, and he can't always get back to the school as quickly as he'd like.
With Care Number, each parent hears directly on their own days, nobody has to play messenger, and teachers and caregivers always know how to reach whoever has the kids.