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The Motherhood Penalty, Women's Finances and the Future

The Motherhood Penalty, Women's Finances and the Future

Catherine Agopcan
Mommy Money, Mom Series, Financial Basics

“When moms first come back to work they need someone to tell them, ‘You are going to feel crazy. It’s ok to feel crazy. You won’t always feel crazy.’”

With Mother’s Day coming up this week, I wanted to write a post specifically about how motherhood affects the financials of women. This article comes from my perspective as a new mom, but I know there are other people out there (dads, aunties, grandparents, etc.) playing the role of mom so this article goes out to you as well.

The Motherhood Penalty is defined by AAUW as the “phenomenon by which women’s pay decreases once they become mothers”. This is a contributing factor to the current gender pay gap.

There continues to be economic and social benefits to having children, but women should stop being penalized for having children.

Have You Told Your Boss How Great You Are

Have You Told Your Boss How Great You Are

Catherine Agopcan
Professional Development

I always dreaded completing my annual self-review because I had to condense everything I had done in 1 year into a paragraph. Then when I became a manager, I had to remember all of the other things my team and direct reports did. It became a chore. I was lucky though because as program manager, I was organized. I tracked milestones and I communicated successes and failures. Still compiling those at the end of the year was time consuming. The one thing I learned during my years as a program manager was to make sure my boss knew the good things I was doing. So this post, is all about reminding you to tell your boss how great you are.

5 Reasons Why Young Women Need to Think About Financial Independence Differently

5 Reasons Why Young Women Need to Think About Financial Independence Differently

Catherine Agopcan
Relationships, Alternative Lifestyle, Mommy Money

“When you invest, you are buying a day that you don’t have to work.”

There's many reasons why I wanted to start this site. You can find that here. After reading many personal finance books for women, written by women (and men), I don't think these five reasons are addressed enough. While I am all for equal gender pay, there are still some areas where men and women differ and these reasons are why we need to be addressing women's personal finances differently.