Career and Money: How to Balance Motherhood, Finances and Jobs

The model who turned her maternity brand into a lifeline for isolated moms

Updated Sep. 02, 2025

Work & Motherhood

Someone at work questioned my ambition because I’m a mom. The irony? He was a dad

When pitching an investor, I got a question that stopped me in my tracks. Here’s how I wish I had responded—and what it taught me about proving the doubters wrong.

Updated Aug. 20, 2025

Career & Money, Motherly Stories, Work & Motherhood

Career & Money

I built my business during my baby’s 40-minute naps—and it changed how I work forever

And then I became a mother, and that vision of an ideal workday became impossible.

Updated Aug. 20, 2025

Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Career & Money

I used to glorify hustle—motherhood taught me to prioritize presence

And suddenly, the markers of success I used to chase didn’t matter as much as the moments I didn’t want to miss

Updated Aug. 20, 2025

Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Work & Motherhood

The number of working moms with young kids just hit a 3-year low — here’s why

Child care costs, rigid schedules, and shrinking flexibility are forcing many to ask: how long can I really keep this going?

Updated Aug. 15, 2025

Work & Motherhood, Career & Money, News, Parenting

Summer camp - a woman lying on a towel with two children on her back

Career & Money

Summer break is costing parents more than just time—here’s how debt is becoming the new normal for child care

“As much as they’d love to take a bunch of time off during the summer to spend with their kids, that just isn’t a realistic thing for most Americans…"

Updated Jul. 24, 2025

Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Viral & Trending

$1,650 in the U.S. vs. $120 in Sweden: How one video highlights the daycare gap that’s frustrating parents

The comparison has struck a nerve and sparked conversations about what kind of daycare system parents deserve.

Updated Sep. 08, 2025

Viral & Trending, Career & Money, Family Finances & Budgeting, News, Parenting

Back To School

Parents say they’ll go into debt to help kids fit in—here’s how to navigate back-to-school pressure

Parents of K–12 and college students plan to spend an average of $741 this year—$200 more than last year.

Updated Sep. 08, 2025

Back To School, Career & Money, Family Finances & Budgeting, Parenting

New York Baby Benefit - A mother holding her baby

Career & Money

New York’s new $1,800 baby benefit offers relief for postpartum moms

The program, officially called the Birth Allowance for Beginning Year (BABY) Benefit, was approved as part of New York’s FY 2026 budget.

Updated May. 22, 2025

Career & Money, Family Finances & Budgeting

Family Finances & Budgeting

When feeding kids is called “waste”: What parents need to know about the USDA’s school meal cuts

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it would cancel nearly $1 billion in funding for two federal programs.

Updated Mar. 24, 2025

Family Finances & Budgeting, Career & Money, Child, Child Nutrition, Food, Meal Planning & Shopping, Motherly, Nutrition

Career & Money

A push to pay parents to stay home is gaining traction—but moms say what they really need is child care they can afford

As the cost of child care now averages over $11,000 per year per child—double that in some cities—most American households can’t survive on a single income.

Updated May. 19, 2025

Career & Money, Taxes

Career & Money

The ‘baby tax’ is driving up costs for families—and making basic safety harder to afford for many

Imagine trying to buy a car seat and realizing it costs more—not because it got fancier, but because it got taxed.

Updated Apr. 29, 2025

Career & Money, Taxes

Taxes

What parents need to know about filing their 2023 taxes

Tax advice for parents—whether you just welcomed a baby last year or have a household full of kids.

Updated Jan. 23, 2023

Taxes, Career & Money

Career & Money

What parents need to know about filing taxes in 2022

Many parents received relief last year that will impact their 2021 filing.

Updated Oct. 31, 2022

Career & Money, Life, Taxes

Viral & Trending

$1,650 in the U.S. vs. $120 in Sweden: How one video highlights the daycare gap that’s frustrating parents

The comparison has struck a nerve and sparked conversations about what kind of daycare system parents deserve.

Updated Sep. 08, 2025

Viral & Trending, Career & Money, Family Finances & Budgeting, News, Parenting

Back To School

Parents say they’ll go into debt to help kids fit in—here’s how to navigate back-to-school pressure

Parents of K–12 and college students plan to spend an average of $741 this year—$200 more than last year.

Updated Sep. 08, 2025

Back To School, Career & Money, Family Finances & Budgeting, Parenting

Work & Motherhood

The model who turned her maternity brand into a lifeline for isolated moms

Building a career you love and solid finances are a big part…

Updated Sep. 02, 2025

Work & Motherhood

Career & Money

Someone at work questioned my ambition because I’m a mom. The irony? He was a dad

When pitching an investor, I got a question that stopped me in my tracks. Here’s how I wish I had responded—and what it taught me about proving the doubters wrong.

Updated Aug. 20, 2025

Career & Money, Motherly Stories, Work & Motherhood

Career & Money

I built my business during my baby’s 40-minute naps—and it changed how I work forever

And then I became a mother, and that vision of an ideal workday became impossible.

Updated Aug. 20, 2025

Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Career & Money

I used to glorify hustle—motherhood taught me to prioritize presence

And suddenly, the markers of success I used to chase didn’t matter as much as the moments I didn’t want to miss

Updated Aug. 20, 2025

Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Work & Motherhood

The number of working moms with young kids just hit a 3-year low — here’s why

Child care costs, rigid schedules, and shrinking flexibility are forcing many to ask: how long can I really keep this going?

Updated Aug. 15, 2025

Work & Motherhood, Career & Money, News, Parenting

Career & Money

Summer break is costing parents more than just time—here’s how debt is becoming the new normal for child care

“As much as they’d love to take a bunch of time off during the summer to spend with their kids, that just isn’t a realistic thing for most Americans…"

Updated Jul. 24, 2025

Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Career & Money

Ballet moms are done hiding their postpartum bodies—and they’re changing the rules of the stage

“We’re told we should do it ‘for the love of the art form,’ but we still have bills to pay and families to raise.”

Updated Jul. 16, 2025

Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Career & Money

WNBA player hid her pregnancy to protect her job—now her story is exposing the pressure working moms still face

“I have a right to reproduce as a woman,” she says. “Just like men have a right to start families, so do we.”

Updated Jun. 20, 2025

Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Life

She’s not a mom—but Nani from Lilo & Stitch shows what real motherhood looks like

But in the heart of Lilo & Stitch lives one of Disney’s most powerful portrayals of motherhood—and she’s not even a mom.

Updated Jun. 02, 2025

Life, Relationships, Work & Motherhood

News

Washington just passed one of the strongest lactation protection laws in the U.S.

On May 20, 2025, Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5217, a landmark bill…

Updated May. 29, 2025

News, Work & Motherhood

Our Partners

Stuck between childcare and eldercare: how the fastest-growing group of moms is being forced out of work

Building a career you love and solid finances are a big part…

Updated May. 29, 2025

Our Partners, Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Career & Money

New York’s new $1,800 baby benefit offers relief for postpartum moms

The program, officially called the Birth Allowance for Beginning Year (BABY) Benefit, was approved as part of New York’s FY 2026 budget.

Updated May. 22, 2025

Career & Money, Family Finances & Budgeting

Career & Money

A push to pay parents to stay home is gaining traction—but moms say what they really need is child care they can afford

As the cost of child care now averages over $11,000 per year per child—double that in some cities—most American households can’t survive on a single income.

Updated May. 19, 2025

Career & Money, Taxes

Work & Motherhood

Connie Britton opens up about single motherhood, guilt, and the power of community

The actress and advocate joins Motherly co-founder Liz Tenety to reflect on identity shifts, solo parenting, and what it means to ‘get your pink back.’

Updated May. 07, 2025

Work & Motherhood, Career & Money, Parenting

Career & Money

Study reveals the powerful reason girls who see women run for office are more likely to vote

A groundbreaking study discovered that girls exposed to a woman running a viable campaign for a visible political office were significantly more likely to vote as adults

Updated May. 02, 2025

Career & Money, Work & Motherhood

Career & Money

The ‘baby tax’ is driving up costs for families—and making basic safety harder to afford for many

Imagine trying to buy a car seat and realizing it costs more—not because it got fancier, but because it got taxed.

Updated Apr. 29, 2025

Career & Money, Taxes

Relationships

Mom of four shares why household chores almost ended her marriage

The video opens with a gut-punch: “I had an amazing husband… but I was incredibly frustrated and burnt out from our marriage and from motherhood.”

Updated Apr. 04, 2025

Relationships, Career & Money, Parenting, Work & Motherhood

Work & Motherhood

Mom wears her baby to the grocery store—and finds herself at the center of an unexpected social experiment

But the video highlights something deeper: the moment you step out in public with a baby on your body, you become a magnet—for connection, commentary, and sometimes scrutiny.

Updated Apr. 02, 2025

Work & Motherhood, Mental Health, Parenting

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Career & Money

Work & Motherhood

The model who turned her maternity brand into a lifeline for isolated moms

Someone at work questioned my ambition because I’m a mom. The irony? He was a dad

I built my business during my baby’s 40-minute naps—and it changed how I work forever

I used to glorify hustle—motherhood taught me to prioritize presence

The number of working moms with young kids just hit a 3-year low — here’s why

Summer break is costing parents more than just time—here’s how debt is becoming the new normal for child care

Family Finances & Budgeting

$1,650 in the U.S. vs. $120 in Sweden: How one video highlights the daycare gap that’s frustrating parents

Parents say they’ll go into debt to help kids fit in—here’s how to navigate back-to-school pressure

New York’s new $1,800 baby benefit offers relief for postpartum moms

When feeding kids is called “waste”: What parents need to know about the USDA’s school meal cuts

Taxes

A push to pay parents to stay home is gaining traction—but moms say what they really need is child care they can afford

The ‘baby tax’ is driving up costs for families—and making basic safety harder to afford for many

What parents need to know about filing their 2023 taxes

What parents need to know about filing taxes in 2022

The State of Motherhood

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$1,650 in the U.S. vs. $120 in Sweden: How one video highlights the daycare gap that’s frustrating parents

Parents say they’ll go into debt to help kids fit in—here’s how to navigate back-to-school pressure

The model who turned her maternity brand into a lifeline for isolated moms

Someone at work questioned my ambition because I’m a mom. The irony? He was a dad

I built my business during my baby’s 40-minute naps—and it changed how I work forever

I used to glorify hustle—motherhood taught me to prioritize presence

The number of working moms with young kids just hit a 3-year low — here’s why

Summer break is costing parents more than just time—here’s how debt is becoming the new normal for child care

Ballet moms are done hiding their postpartum bodies—and they’re changing the rules of the stage

WNBA player hid her pregnancy to protect her job—now her story is exposing the pressure working moms still face

She’s not a mom—but Nani from Lilo & Stitch shows what real motherhood looks like

Washington just passed one of the strongest lactation protection laws in the U.S.

Stuck between childcare and eldercare: how the fastest-growing group of moms is being forced out of work

New York’s new $1,800 baby benefit offers relief for postpartum moms

A push to pay parents to stay home is gaining traction—but moms say what they really need is child care they can afford

Connie Britton opens up about single motherhood, guilt, and the power of community

Study reveals the powerful reason girls who see women run for office are more likely to vote

The ‘baby tax’ is driving up costs for families—and making basic safety harder to afford for many

Mom of four shares why household chores almost ended her marriage

Mom wears her baby to the grocery store—and finds herself at the center of an unexpected social experiment