How to Ask for a Longer Parental Leave — And Get It
If you’re a working professional and a parent-to-be in the United States, you’re probably well aware that America is the only developed country that doesn’t offer a federally-mandated parental level...
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“How She Does It”: The Power of the Career Pivot, with Melissa Lee
The wait is finally over! HerMoney’s all-new podcast, “How She Does It,” has officially dropped. Hosted by Karen Finerman, who you may know best from CNBC , “How She Does It” will guide listeners on...
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The Child Care Cliff: What Women Need To Know
If you’re a parent, you know finding child care can be a challenge. Unfortunately, things stand to get more difficult as our nation approaches what’s being called the “child care cliff;” a loss of...
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The Financial Advice Stay-at-Home Moms Need
I’ve been handling my own money since age 14, when I got my first job as a shampoo girl at a hair salon. I could buy whatever I wanted and it was no one’s business but my own. Ten years later, I...
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What It’s Really Like To Be A Full-Time Working Mom
Women are inspiring. Between having children and handling work, we still manage to hold high-powered positions across different industries; we start our own businesses; we raise families. But, let’s...
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Childcare Expenses Have Skyrocketed…Here’s How Parents Can Cope
Before I became a parent, I planned on staying home for a while. But nearly a year into motherhood, I found myself itching to go back to work. I thought finding a daycare and managing the related...
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Where to Turn if Your Insurance Doesn’t Cover Fertility Treatments
We grow up with the misconception that getting pregnant is easy; and for some it is. But for 25 percent of us, myself included, that simple path to a family we think about so often as kids, is not the...
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Childcare Swap: How To Save Big On Childcare Costs
When I moved to a new state with an 18-month-old toddler, one of my first concerns was childcare and more specifically, managing childcare costs. I couldn’t afford full-time daycare and didn’t have...
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Eliminating The Motherhood Penalty With Allison Robinson
Let’s just admit it: Being a working mom in America is absolutely exhausting. Today, millions of women in our country are struggling to pay for their children’s care while they maintain their spot in...
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Should You Pay Your Parents When They Babysit?
Years ago, when I went back to work part-time after maternity leave, we cobbled together a childcare schedule that included my mom and a paid babysitter. At one point, my sister did some regular paid...
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