Smart Mom, Rich Mom

INTRODUCTION

INTO MOTHERHOOD

As I sat facing the wood-paneled bar of one of Washington, D.C.’s most upscale restaurants, my two lunch companions, editors of a prestigious investing magazine, explained why they focus their financial coverage exclusively on older men. “They’re our readers. Women aren’t,” they said. That’s why, they continued, they don’t cover topics that women investors might find of particular interest. The circular nature of this approach did not seem to bother them. Perhaps if they wrote about how to continue investing while you’re taking a break from the workforce after the birth of a child, or how adding another child to your family might impact your financial goals, they might find that their publication would pull in a few ...