Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family
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 events

Smart 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.

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Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family
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 events

Smart 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.

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Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family

Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family

by Kimberly Palmer
Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family

Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family

by Kimberly Palmer

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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 events

Smart 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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780814436806
Publisher: AMACOM
Publication date: 06/09/2016
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

KIMBERLY PALMER is senior editor and personal finance columnist for U.S. News World Report. She writes the popular Alpha Consumer blog and is the author of a series of financial guides, Palmer's Planners, sold through her Etsy shop.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Into Motherhood 1

1 Save (and Spend) Like a Mother 11

2 Owning It 31

3 Timing is Everything 51

4 Like a Boss 63

5 Investing Mamas 87

6 Playing Defense 109

7 Stuck in the Middle 131

8 Model Moms 145

9 Back to You 169

10 Returning to the Nest 189

Epilogue: More than Money 199

The Smart Mom, Rich Mom Handbook 205

Notes 229

Index 239

About the Author 246

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