Money, insurance and work for new dads
A baby changes your budget, your benefits, and your calendar. Here is how to plan leave, add the baby to your insurance on time, budget for year one, and protect your family if something happens to you.
Guides
- The New Dad Money Checklist: Insurance, a Will, and a BudgetThe money, insurance and will checklist for new dads: add the baby to insurance on time, get term life insurance, write a will, and budget year one.
- Adding a Baby to Health Insurance: Deadlines and StepsHow to add a newborn to your health insurance: qualifying life event deadlines, choosing which parent's plan, what HR needs, and avoiding surprise bills.
- Going Back to Work After the Baby: A Dad's Survival PlanHow dads can make the return to work after leave go well: the week before, keeping things fair at home, pumping support, and protecting family time.
- How to Ask for Paternity Leave: Scripts, Timing and Your RightsHow to ask for paternity leave: when to bring it up, what to prepare, a word-for-word script, your rights under FMLA and state law, and switching off.
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