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Parent Like a Millionaire (Without Being One)

Outsmart Big Baby, Save on Childcare, and Secure Your Family's Financial Future

Foreword by JL Collins
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On sale Mar 03, 2026 | 304 Pages | 9780593719077
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From two leaders of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, an essential guide to the finances of having and raising kids no matter the size of your budget

New parents are often stressed about their finances. Even Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung—who both retired at age 30 with over a million dollars in the bank—worried about the cost of becoming parents. Leaders of the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement, Kristy and Bryce may not be experts at parenting, but they are experts at saving.

In this book, they reveal how to:

  • Make your money work harder than you do
  • Avoid the pressure to buy baby gear you don’t need
  • Find your nest, optimize transportation, and hack childcare
  • Go on unlimited family vacations
  • Give your child a world-class education

Each chapter in this book is filled with money-saving tips—and more money means less stress, which leads to happier families. The financial advice in this book is tailored to help you reduce your stress so that your family can thrive.
“Full of smarts, love, sass, and clever strategies, Parent Like a Millionaire should be the first purchase of your pregnancy. It will save you thousands as your infant outgrows or rejects ninety percent of those must-have products. Kristy and her husband Bryce are ‘Financial Independence Retire Early’ super-stars so of course they'd bring us this very useful manual for financial hacks for parenting.”
Vicki Robin, New York Times bestselling co-author of Your Money or Your Life

Parent Like a Millionaire is filled with the practical strategies all parents need to navigate the financial stressors of expanding their family. This book will keep you from making those knee-jerk decisions that feel reasonable in the moment, but could hurt your finances long term.”
Erin Lowry, author of the Broke Millennial series

“This book reminds us that when parents feel supported and financially at ease, the whole family can breathe. It’s honest, funny, and beautifully raw—a hopeful, empowering guide to building a joyful home with less financial pressure and more peace.”
Ken and Mary Okoroafor, Sunday Times bestselling authors of Financial Joy and The Wealth Habit.

“As educators who’ve helped tens of thousands of people with their finances (but haven’t had to change a diaper at 3 a.m.), we can tell you: this is the book we’d give to every parent we know. Kristy and Bryce are some of the smartest people we have ever met and they have taken their engineering mindset and created a parenting and money manual that’s fun to read and genuinely life-changing. Read this book if you want to buy back your time, stress less, and raise happier kids (without needing a millionaire’s bank account).”
Katie and Alan Donegan, BEM, founders of Rebel Finance School

“Kristy and Bryce are your fun, intelligent friends who figured out that society was lying to us with the fear mongering that ‘babies are so expensive.’ Using the principles of the Financial Independence Movement, they show you step-by-step how you can save money on every aspect of raising your child and live a happier, less stressful life in the process. This book is a must-read for new parents or anyone even thinking about having a kid in the next few years!"
Brad Barrett, co-founder and host of the Choose FI Podcast
© Viktoria Gavrilina
Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung are world travelling early retirees. Their story has been featured in media outlets all over the world, including the New York Times, CBC, CNBC, Women's Health Magazine Australia, Germany’s Handelsblatt, GQ Russia, and the UK's Independent. They now spend their time helping people with their finances and realizing their travel dreams on www.millennial-revolution.com. View titles by Kristy Shen
© Viktoria Gavrilina
Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung are world travelling early retirees. Their story has been featured in media outlets all over the world, including the New York Times, CBC, CNBC, Women's Health Magazine Australia, Germany’s Handelsblatt, GQ Russia, and the UK's Independent. They now spend their time helping people with their finances and realizing their travel dreams on www.millennial-revolution.com. View titles by Bryce Leung
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•     Romania
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•     Rwanda
•     S. Sandwich Ins
•     Saint Martin
•     Samoa,American
•     San Marino
•     SaoTome Princip
•     Saudi Arabia
•     Senegal
•     Serbia
•     Seychelles
•     Sierra Leone
•     Singapore
•     Sint Maarten
•     Slovakia
•     Slovenia
•     Solomon Islands
•     Somalia
•     South Africa
•     South Korea
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•     Thailand
•     Timor-Leste
•     Togo
•     Tokelau Islands
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About

From two leaders of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, an essential guide to the finances of having and raising kids no matter the size of your budget

New parents are often stressed about their finances. Even Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung—who both retired at age 30 with over a million dollars in the bank—worried about the cost of becoming parents. Leaders of the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement, Kristy and Bryce may not be experts at parenting, but they are experts at saving.

In this book, they reveal how to:

  • Make your money work harder than you do
  • Avoid the pressure to buy baby gear you don’t need
  • Find your nest, optimize transportation, and hack childcare
  • Go on unlimited family vacations
  • Give your child a world-class education

Each chapter in this book is filled with money-saving tips—and more money means less stress, which leads to happier families. The financial advice in this book is tailored to help you reduce your stress so that your family can thrive.

Praise

“Full of smarts, love, sass, and clever strategies, Parent Like a Millionaire should be the first purchase of your pregnancy. It will save you thousands as your infant outgrows or rejects ninety percent of those must-have products. Kristy and her husband Bryce are ‘Financial Independence Retire Early’ super-stars so of course they'd bring us this very useful manual for financial hacks for parenting.”
Vicki Robin, New York Times bestselling co-author of Your Money or Your Life

Parent Like a Millionaire is filled with the practical strategies all parents need to navigate the financial stressors of expanding their family. This book will keep you from making those knee-jerk decisions that feel reasonable in the moment, but could hurt your finances long term.”
Erin Lowry, author of the Broke Millennial series

“This book reminds us that when parents feel supported and financially at ease, the whole family can breathe. It’s honest, funny, and beautifully raw—a hopeful, empowering guide to building a joyful home with less financial pressure and more peace.”
Ken and Mary Okoroafor, Sunday Times bestselling authors of Financial Joy and The Wealth Habit.

“As educators who’ve helped tens of thousands of people with their finances (but haven’t had to change a diaper at 3 a.m.), we can tell you: this is the book we’d give to every parent we know. Kristy and Bryce are some of the smartest people we have ever met and they have taken their engineering mindset and created a parenting and money manual that’s fun to read and genuinely life-changing. Read this book if you want to buy back your time, stress less, and raise happier kids (without needing a millionaire’s bank account).”
Katie and Alan Donegan, BEM, founders of Rebel Finance School

“Kristy and Bryce are your fun, intelligent friends who figured out that society was lying to us with the fear mongering that ‘babies are so expensive.’ Using the principles of the Financial Independence Movement, they show you step-by-step how you can save money on every aspect of raising your child and live a happier, less stressful life in the process. This book is a must-read for new parents or anyone even thinking about having a kid in the next few years!"
Brad Barrett, co-founder and host of the Choose FI Podcast

Author

© Viktoria Gavrilina
Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung are world travelling early retirees. Their story has been featured in media outlets all over the world, including the New York Times, CBC, CNBC, Women's Health Magazine Australia, Germany’s Handelsblatt, GQ Russia, and the UK's Independent. They now spend their time helping people with their finances and realizing their travel dreams on www.millennial-revolution.com. View titles by Kristy Shen
© Viktoria Gavrilina
Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung are world travelling early retirees. Their story has been featured in media outlets all over the world, including the New York Times, CBC, CNBC, Women's Health Magazine Australia, Germany’s Handelsblatt, GQ Russia, and the UK's Independent. They now spend their time helping people with their finances and realizing their travel dreams on www.millennial-revolution.com. View titles by Bryce Leung

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•     Antarctica
•     Antigua/Barbuda
•     Argentina
•     Armenia
•     Aruba
•     Australia
•     Austria
•     Azerbaijan
•     Bahamas
•     Bahrain
•     Bangladesh
•     Barbados
•     Belarus
•     Belgium
•     Belize
•     Benin
•     Bermuda
•     Bhutan
•     Bolivia
•     Bonaire, Saba
•     Bosnia Herzeg.
•     Botswana
•     Bouvet Island
•     Brazil
•     Brit.Ind.Oc.Ter
•     Brit.Virgin Is.
•     Brunei
•     Bulgaria
•     Burkina Faso
•     Burundi
•     Cambodia
•     Cameroon
•     Canada
•     Cape Verde
•     Cayman Islands
•     Centr.Afr.Rep.
•     Chad
•     Chile
•     China
•     Christmas Islnd
•     Cocos Islands
•     Colombia
•     Comoro Is.
•     Congo
•     Cook Islands
•     Costa Rica
•     Croatia
•     Cuba
•     Curacao
•     Cyprus
•     Czech Republic
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•     Denmark
•     Djibouti
•     Dominica
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•     El Salvador
•     Equatorial Gui.
•     Eritrea
•     Estonia
•     Ethiopia
•     Falkland Islnds
•     Faroe Islands
•     Fiji
•     Finland
•     France
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•     French Guinea
•     Gabon
•     Gambia
•     Georgia
•     Germany
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•     Gibraltar
•     Greece
•     Greenland
•     Grenada
•     Guadeloupe
•     Guam
•     Guatemala
•     Guernsey
•     Guinea Republic
•     Guinea-Bissau
•     Guyana
•     Haiti
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•     Iceland
•     India
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•     Israel
•     Italy
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•     Liechtenstein
•     Lithuania
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•     Macau
•     Macedonia
•     Madagascar
•     Malawi
•     Malaysia
•     Maldives
•     Mali
•     Malta
•     Marshall island
•     Martinique
•     Mauritania
•     Mauritius
•     Mayotte
•     Mexico
•     Micronesia
•     Minor Outl.Ins.
•     Moldavia
•     Monaco
•     Mongolia
•     Montenegro
•     Montserrat
•     Morocco
•     Mozambique
•     Myanmar
•     Namibia
•     Nauru
•     Nepal
•     Netherlands
•     New Caledonia
•     New Zealand
•     Nicaragua
•     Niger
•     Nigeria
•     Niue
•     Norfolk Island
•     North Korea
•     North Mariana
•     Norway
•     Oman
•     Pakistan
•     Palau
•     Palestinian Ter
•     Panama
•     PapuaNewGuinea
•     Paraguay
•     Peru
•     Philippines
•     Pitcairn Islnds
•     Poland
•     Portugal
•     Puerto Rico
•     Qatar
•     Reunion Island
•     Romania
•     Russian Fed.
•     Rwanda
•     S. Sandwich Ins
•     Saint Martin
•     Samoa,American
•     San Marino
•     SaoTome Princip
•     Saudi Arabia
•     Senegal
•     Serbia
•     Seychelles
•     Sierra Leone
•     Singapore
•     Sint Maarten
•     Slovakia
•     Slovenia
•     Solomon Islands
•     Somalia
•     South Africa
•     South Korea
•     South Sudan
•     Spain
•     Sri Lanka
•     St Barthelemy
•     St. Helena
•     St. Lucia
•     St. Vincent
•     St.Chr.,Nevis
•     St.Pier,Miquel.
•     Sth Terr. Franc
•     Sudan
•     Suriname
•     Svalbard
•     Swaziland
•     Sweden
•     Switzerland
•     Syria
•     Tadschikistan
•     Taiwan
•     Tanzania
•     Thailand
•     Timor-Leste
•     Togo
•     Tokelau Islands
•     Tonga
•     Trinidad,Tobago
•     Tunisia
•     Turkey
•     Turkmenistan
•     Turks&Caicos Is
•     Tuvalu
•     US Virgin Is.
•     USA
•     Uganda
•     Ukraine
•     Unit.Arab Emir.
•     United Kingdom
•     Uruguay
•     Uzbekistan
•     Vanuatu
•     Vatican City
•     Venezuela
•     Vietnam
•     Wallis,Futuna
•     West Saharan
•     Western Samoa
•     Yemen
•     Zambia
•     Zimbabwe