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Drawing up a contract for college tuition
My eldest has one year left at high school. He is bright kid but a true underachiever in school. Given the experience of some of my friends who have kids already in college,…
- justducks
- justducks
- 1 yr ago
- 23 replies
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- Superbone5 days ago
- Parenting
OMG, I'm pregnant! How do I budget for THAT?!
So first - I'm very happy to be pregnant after 14 months of infertility. This will be my husband & mine's first child. After 6 years of marriage I have FINALLY fine-tuned our budget so naturally,…
- Purple Piccolo
- Purple_Piccolo.3
- 4 mths ago
- 14 replies
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- Spring Green Trumpet3 wk ago
- Parenting
Financial Literacy for Kids (and adults)
https://www.actuarialfoundation.org/building-your-future/ is a free course aimed at high-school students. It covers pretty much all of the financial topics needed to go from a high-schooler to a…
- casner
- Now retired, and figuring out transitions
- casner
- 1 mth ago
- 1 reply
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- Khaki Storm1 mth ago
- Parenting
Loan to family via a c/card payment
Hi, wonder if anyone may be able to assist. I have a tracking account holding a positive balance equal to the money previously loaned to my daughter (it's my asset right?…
- Green Pony
- Green_Pony.8
- 1 mth ago
- 3 replies
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- Green Pony1 mth ago
- Parenting
Homeschooling
Are there any other homeschooling families out there?
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 1 yr ago
- 14 replies
- 276
- Ruth Elizabeth1 mth ago
- Parenting
Loans to children
After loaning money to one of my children is there a way to track the repayment? Is there a way to carry the negative balance forward so that you know at a glance what their balance is?
- Blue Memory
- Blue_Memory.4
- 1 yr ago
- 15 replies
- 397
- Turquoise Lobster1 mth ago
- Parenting
Parenting... of the feline sort
Hi YNAB, I am thinking about adopting a cat, and wondering about budgeting for the true expenses of being a feline parent. I'm thinking I'll adopt an adult cat, not a kitten.…
- Spring Green Tugboat
- Spring_Green_Tugboat.3
- 3 mths ago
- 9 replies
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- Cori3 mths ago
- Parenting
Adulting
I admit verbing is getting to me. A coworker wrote some like, "software not mathing on form..." last week. Mathing? Anyway, found this adulting video funny: https://youtu.be/jHNNL6QxJtc
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 4 mths ago
- 1 reply
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- Powder Blue Pony4 mths ago
- Parenting
Strong vs Weak Parenting
https://qbq.com/strong-weak-parenting/?mc_cid=22a81ae609&mc_eid=66f2733cee Interesting view from a motivational speaker on Parenting.
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 4 mths ago
- 59
- Parenting
Separate budgets for the kids allowance
OK. I haven't been keeping up on the forum as much as I did when I initially started, but I'm doing pretty well on YNAB, and just had a couple questions.…
- Bruce
- Software Engineer
- Bruce
- 4 mths ago
- 2 replies
- 90
- Khaki Storm4 mths ago
- Parenting
EngineerGirl Contest
From EngineerGirl: Every year, the EngineerGirl website sponsors a contest dealing with engineering and its impact on our world and the 2020 Writing Contest is now open! This year,…
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 4 mths ago
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- Parenting
Fun and simple videos introduce many financial concepts
https://www.mycccu.com/moneything/#1550081929945-b6967383-be1d Enjoy
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 5 mths ago
- 3 replies
- 56
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- MsTJ5 mths ago
- Parenting
$30 from Walmart
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- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 5 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- FanessYNAB Support5 mths ago
- Parenting
Worldwide Bible study that meets locally
On a business trip, I learned about a worldwide Bible study that meets locally. There's no cost for the materials, but an option to give a donation. Christians from all churches meet to study the…
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 5 mths ago
- 6 replies
- 112
- Khaki Storm5 mths ago
- Parenting
Allowance as a Direct Deposit
I have each of my kids (age 6 and 9) set up with their own budget in YNAB. They both enjoy budgeting but are also both very busy with activities and life so we don't always remember to sit and do…
- Blue Bird
- Family budgeter
- blue_bird
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
- 603
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- BookCat6 mths ago
- Parenting
Molly Bears
Great idea to craft and bless others: www.mollybears.org/our-story... I just leaned about this and thought you might be interested. A volunteer told me all the materials are sent to you.…
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 6 mths ago
- 2 replies
- 58
- Khaki Storm6 mths ago
- Parenting
Sewing machine recommendations
Okay, there isn't an off-topic category, so I'm putting it under Parenting, because it's the category I'm choosing. A while ago (4 months?), I was making my daughter a bottle bag to take to daycare,…
- TheTabby
- Just a common cat trying to budget uncommonly well.
- TheTabby
- 11 mths ago
- 10 replies
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- farfromtheusual7 mths ago
- Parenting
Tips
How much do you tip? We don't go much but a couple times a year. Went to a local place, like a Cracker Barrel or Bob Evans. I reach the check-out to pay, they ask if I tipped at the table, I say no,…
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 10 mths ago
- 27 replies
- 280
- erika_js7 mths ago
- Parenting
Grocery Bill with a Baby?
We are spread VERY THIN with a 1 year old. We need to cut our grocery bill, which is usually $400-600 each month. What's the cheapest you've been able to keep your monthly grocery bill,…
- ESLoans
- Forest_Green_Horse
- 1 yr ago
- 22 replies
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- Technicolor Cheetah7 mths ago
- Parenting
Free printables
Just came across https://www.freeprintable.net/ A fair amount of coloring pages, board games, puzzles, and simple worksheets to print out for a the kiddos.
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 7 mths ago
- 63
- Parenting
Homeschool (USA) Transcripts
I've been using FastTranscripts.com for professional looking transcripts for my homeschool children. I was paying about $24/yr for the service for up to 10 students,…
- Khaki Storm
- YNAB book topics online: https://support.youneedabudget.com/r/q5w48j
- Khaki_Storm.1
- 9 mths ago
- 72
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- Parenting
Working hard not to divorce! Please help.
One of my main purposes in life is to be able to decide what is important to me, and follow my own priorities. Freedom and abundance are mostly a matter of being able to spend my time on what…
- Tan Yearling
- Tan_Yearling.5
- 9 mths ago
- 29 replies
- 480
- Technicolor Cheetah9 mths ago
- Parenting
Allowances best way to manage in YNAB
I have 2 savings accounts for my kids at BOA (under my name but nicknamed for them). Every week I automatically xfer their allowance. I set this up in YNAB as an auto transfer and have allocated the…
- NewYNABer BostonGirl
- Cyan_Viper.1
- 2 yrs ago
- 14 replies
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- KD603NH10 mths ago
- Parenting
Need some guideance (kids savings)
In the chapter regarding YNAB for kids, Jesse mentions 10% for giving, 50% of the remainder, and 50% for whatever the kids want to do with it. So here's my question.…
- Cadet Blue Admiral
- Cadet_Blue_Admiral.3
- 1 yr ago
- 5 replies
- 241
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- KD603NH10 mths ago
- Parenting
Help me stop the hemorraging
This is my little cutie. He is amazing. He is hard to handle. And he is EXPENSIVE. There’s the obvious expenses of food, clothes, shoes, toys etc. But those aren’t bad - he eats what we eat,…
- Hiking_Mama
- Hiking_mama
- 10 mths ago
- 13 replies
- 275
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- KD603NH10 mths ago
- Parenting

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