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Money & Budgeting for Dads

Diapers to college. Building a family that isn't one emergency from crisis.

Practical, no-shame money writing: budgeting with kids, college savings, life insurance you actually need, and surviving the daycare years.

The big rocks

Emergency fund firstBefore anything fancy
College savings (529)Start small, start nowVisit ↗Term life insuranceBoring, cheap, essentialLook it up ↗
Daycare mathThe brutal middle years
Dad Tip

Automate everything. Money you don't see is money you don't spend.

From the blog: How We Cut Daycare Costs

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