Mom

Just in time for Mother's Day, Forbes magazine is out with a story about the World's Richest Moms. The article reveals that there are only 70 billionaires on the planet who are mothers, and "just eight of these (women) built their own fortunes." The rest inherited money from their fathers or late...

Every year, I struggle with finding the perfect Mother's Day gift. What material object could be worthy of showing appreciation to my heroine? (That's her on the right of the photo.) After I began pondering my sappy dilemma, I got to thinking about the way personal style can reflect the inner...

Mom doesn't want flowers for Mother's Day. She wants benefits that women around the world take for granted, according to Sharon Lerner. Lerner, author of the new book "The War on Moms: On Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation" (Wiley, $25.95), told WalletPop five of the worst ways American mothers...

There's a reason Olympic athletes mouth the words, "Thanks, Mom" into the cameras as they hold their medals aloft. Mothers spend countless hours waiting, watching, driving and cheering them on and they spend a small fortune on tournament fees, coaching, travel and sports equipment. Being the mom of...

Even for someone who gets blessed with free washers and dryers, semiannual boondoggle trips to Los Angeles, New York and Florida, and all the organic yogurt drinks she can consume, $11,000 is a lot of money. For mommy bloggers, Tweeters and Facebookers who post opinions about consumer products,...

I have, in years past, had mixed feelings about the annual estimations of a mother's worth, portioned out into little bits of hourly wages for laundry, cooking, and "managing" her household, and usually coming out just over the maximum salary I ever earned in my life (with an Ivy League MBA, that...

Each year Salary.com releases a survey that puts a price tag on what being a stay-at-home mom is worth. This year's Moms Salary Survey calculates that would-be salary at $122,732 for U.S. stay-at-home mothers. Women who work outside the home should also receive an extra $76,184 on top of that,...

Beyond giving birth, moms make sacrifices for their children. Maybe they do without the regular trip to the hair stylist so their kids can go to the right preschool. Or they stop watching soap operas in favor of cartoons or a trip to the park. This Christmas season, more moms are sacrificing for...