For your budget
Make the money go further
- A family budget that survives real life
- Sinking funds for kid costs
- Cut the grocery bill with kids at home
- Ways to lower childcare costs
Family budgeting, kids included
Stretch the family budget. Raise money-smart kids.
Practical, judgment-free guides for US parents: a budget that copes with growth spurts and field trips, ways to cut the big kid costs, and simple age-by-age ways to teach your children about money.
Maya, age 6 · $6 a week
$3.00Spend
$2.40Save
$0.60Give
Saving for: a $24 art set10 weeks
For your kids
Teach money by doing
- Spend, save, give: the three-jar system
- Allowance: how much, when and what for
- Your child's first bank account
- Teens and money
16 family money guides
Family budget
- A family budget that survives real life6 min read
- Track your spending for 30 days4 min read
- The 20-minute family money meeting4 min read
- Sinking funds for kid costs5 min read
Kid costs
- Cut the grocery bill with kids at home6 min read
- Ways to lower childcare costs6 min read
- Back-to-school on a budget5 min read
- Birthday parties without the big bill4 min read
Teaching kids
- Allowance: how much, when and what for6 min read · ages 5+
- Spend, save, give: the three-jar system4 min read · ages 4 to 10
- Your child's first bank account5 min read · ages 8+
- Teens and money: paychecks, debit cards and credit6 min read · ages 13 to 18
Planning ahead
- An emergency fund for a family5 min read
- Saving for college: the basics6 min read
- The paperwork every parent should have5 min read
- A holiday budget the kids won't notice4 min read
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The Family Budget Starter Kit
A one-page monthly family budget, a kid costs calendar for the whole year, a 30-day spending tracker, an allowance chart and printable Spend, Save and Give jar labels.
One family money idea, every two weeks
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