Whether you’re about to welcome your fourth kid or just starting to search for sperm donors, there are two truths to parenting: First, no two parents’ paths look the same. Second, kids are expensive. Luckily, we have readers covered with your go-to guide to the frightening but totally feasible financial “firsts” of starting a family.
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I Hired My Mom To Nanny To Cut Costs—It Didn't Go as Planned
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How Much Should You Budget for Twins?
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11 Newborn Items You Don't Actually Need
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How Your Parenting Style Determines Your Child's Financial Success Later On
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How Much Should You Pay Your Babysitter?
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How Much It Costs to Have a Hospital Birth
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We Make Six Figures But Student Loans and Daycare Are Keeping Us Broke
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No Kids Allowed: The Cost of Attending Adults-Only Weddings
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The 2023 Family Car Buying Guide
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My Family Drained Our Savings to Buy a House in This Crazy Real Estate Market—And We Have No Regrets
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How Much Do Doulas Cost?
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Why Formula Costs So Much—Financially and Emotionally
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Adoption is Expensive, It's Time We Normalize Baby Showers for Adoptive Parents
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Fertility Treatment Cost Too Much So I Had Sex With a Friend
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Borrowing and Loaning Money With Family Members: How to Make Intrafamily Loans Work for a Mortgage
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IVF is Cost-Prohibitive for Far Too Many Black & Brown Families—These Orgs Are Changing That
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For Black Moms, Childbirth is More Dangerous 'and' More Expensive
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Should You Talk to Your Kids About Money Troubles?
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What Does the Gay Wage Gap Mean for LGBTQ+ Families?
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6 Strategies Parents Use to Manage the Cost of Child Care
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Your Child May Need More Services Than a Free Public School Provides: What Parents Need to Know About the Cost of Alternatives
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Why Are So Many Moms Solely Responsible for Child Care Costs?
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Have You Budgeted Enough for Your Kids' Mental Health Needs? If Not, Here's How to Start
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What You Should Really Teach Kids About Gambling—and How to Have the Conversation
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Here Are the Maternity Leave Benefits for Every State
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How to Teach Kids the Difference Between Needs vs. Wants When It Comes to Money
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A Nine-Month Plan for Getting Your Family's Finances in Order Pre-Baby
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An Easy-to-Follow Multifamily Home Buying Guide
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The Best College Scholarships for Parents
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Why Do We Judge Other Moms' Financial Choices?
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The 10 Best Financial Podcasts for Parents
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How To Celebrate the Holidays Without Buying Your Kids a Bunch of Gifts
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Help! My Tween is Addicted to Buying Junk
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A Parent's Guide to FAFSA and Federal Student Aid
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9 Baby Items You Don't Really Need to Buy
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How to Break the Always-Broke Cycle as a Single Dad
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Navigating Financial Aid as a Single Parent: How to Get a Free Ride for your Kid
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Scholarships, Grants and Other Funding for Indigenous, Hawai'ian Native, and Alaskan Native Students
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How Paying for Daycare Helps You, Your Kids, and the Economy
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Here's How Many Diapers Your Baby Really Needs
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The Cost of Diagnosing Learning Disabilities
Money Lessons I Learned From My Single Mother
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How Much It Costs to Adopt a Child
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Artificial Insemination: Side Effects, Risks, and Cost
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To Save on Surrogacy Costs, More Parents Are Aiming for "Twiblings"
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9 Scholarships, Grants, and Other Funding Opportunities for Black Students
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Why Extending the Child Tax Credit is One Solution to Our Broken Child Support System
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These 10 Scholarships, Grants, and Funding Opportunities Are Open to Latinx Students Today
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5 Ways to Pay for IVF When You Think You Can't Afford It
Child Care Costs Are Why I'm Not Having More Kids
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What it Costs to Be a Stay-at-Home Dad
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5 Ways Single-Income Families Make It Work
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How to Avoid Financial Risk When Buying Sperm
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I'm Tempted to Give Up on Career Post-Kids—But Here's Why I'm Not
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5 Clever Ways to Save for College That Don't Involve a 529 Plan
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4 Ways to Save on the Cost of IVF Drugs
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Is Paying for College Advising Worth the Cost?
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4 Time and Money Hacks From Single Parents
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Why Are Queer Parents Still Paying for Second-Parent Adoption?
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How to Financially Prepare to Freeze Your Eggs
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Queer Parents Are Over-Charged for IVF-Here's How to Be Prepared
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How to Negotiate Your Kid's School Tuition
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How Much Does Private School Really Cost — & Is It Worth It?