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Ladies, this collection of stories from moms who have successfully worked full-time, freelance, self-employed, and in other ways, while also raising amazing children and providing financial freedom for their families, has room to add more--your story! Start it today!
Of all life's financial shocks, few compare to the $250,000 price tag--not including college!--of raising a child. How will you pay for it? Many mothers have agonized over that question, letting it fuel their decisions concerning careers, budgets, and families. The only thing they can all agree on is: there are no easy answers. However, there are plenty of rewarding possibilities!
Mining successful moms' experiences to uncover both career advice and strategies for spending and saving anyone can use, Smart Mom, Rich Mom includes stories, checklists, action steps, planning tools, and more to help other moms learn how to:
Prepare financially for parenthood, as well as adding to your litter Balance thrift with generating income and investing wisely Find flexibility at work while safeguarding your earning potential Save for both college and retirement Plan for unexpected eventsSmart Mom, Rich Mom explores how women today are navigating the financially challenging career/parenting years. This invaluable resource for moms everywhere chronicles women who have stayed in the game as both moms and businesswomen--full-time, freelance, self-employed, and more--and emerged more prosperous and empowered than before having children.
Author Notes
Kimberly Palmer is the author of The Economy of You, and was the senior money editor at US News World Report for nine years. She has appeared on NBC's Today Show, CNBC, CNN, and local television and radio shows across the country to talk about smart financial decisions. She lives with her family, including two children, in the Washington, DC, area. You can find her at kimberly-palmer.com.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
There's a desperately needed dose of practical feminism in Palmer's (The Economy of You) excellent book, which targets middle-class women in their childbearing years, an often neglected audience for financial advice. Without insulting her readers' intelligence, Palmer pitches her advice at a basic level for women who may not have had previous guidance in developing financial-management skills. Her approach is creative and lifelong, advising readers who take time off to care for young children or aging parents to lobby for the flexible work hours and tasks they need, become entrepreneurs, or maintain their skills and contacts through freelance gigs, volunteering, or blogging. Beyond offering the same advice to women that men have been getting for decades, Palmer takes a family-oriented approach that includes ideas such as planning to have babies during more flexible periods of employment and choosing gender-neutral baby clothing for easier reuse. She urges modeling good money habits for daughters as well as sons and includes a dozen detailed "talking points" for building financial literacy with one's kids. This invaluable resource does much more than fill a niche; it bridges a huge gap. Agent: Melissa Sarver White, Folio Literary Management. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
*Starred Review* In this guide aimed at mothers, personal finance expert Palmer (The Economy of You, 2014) provides a series of common-sense tips for women who want to take control of their financial futures. Palmer covers the usual bases, such as means for cutting costs and the importance of both college savings and retirement savings, but she also delves into some less-rosy topics, such as having conversations with aging parents about their financial future and making contingency plans for unexpected situations like long-term illness or divorce. Palmer cites research and statistics to back up her recommendations, but she also includes plenty of anecdotes, from both everyday women and pop-culture figures (one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills makes an appearance in the first chapter). The back matter includes a handbook to help readers implement the strategies that Palmer advises as well as a focused, nine-month plan for women who want to get the family's financial house in order. Readers who are financially savvy may find the suggestions to be basic, so the best audience for this book is women who are financial novices or who have a general understanding of the importance of emergency funds or retirement savings but need suggestions for how to build them.--Donohue, Nanette Copyright 2016 Booklist
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction: Into Motherhood | p. 1 |
| 1 Save (and Spend) Like a Mother | p. 11 |
| 2 Owning It | p. 31 |
| 3 Timing is Everything | p. 51 |
| 4 Like a Boss | p. 63 |
| 5 Investing Mamas | p. 87 |
| 6 Playing Defense | p. 109 |
| 7 Stuck in the Middle | p. 131 |
| 8 Model Moms | p. 145 |
| 9 Back to You | p. 169 |
| 10 Returning to the Nest | p. 189 |
| Epilogue: More than Money | p. 199 |
| The Smart Mom, Rich Mom Handbook | p. 205 |
| Notes | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 239 |
| About the Author | p. 246 |