Not convinced that being the primary earner in your household is something to celebrate? Well here’s 20 reasons to see it differently. 1. Singledom – About 42% of marriages in the UK end in divorce, and an increasing number of women are choosing the single life. According to the Telegraph, almost 2.5 million men and women […]
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Why female breadwinners must have the money conversation
Money, Money, Money in a rich woman’s world Many British couples are burying their heads in the sand over their financial situations. One in seven1 (14 per cent) couples over the age of 40 – or around 4.22 million people – admit they have never discussed their finances, according to new research from Prudential. Fears about having […]
The answer for Women Breadwinners – focus on wellbeing
Physical, Spiritual and Mental Wellbeing is the answer for Women Breadwinners This weekend I went for a twilight spa with my best girlfriends at Aqua Sana atCentre Parcs. So much organising needed to be done to make sure it happened, sorting child-care, family commitments, times and locations, who was going to drive, but it was so worth it. […]
Female breadwinners – How to ditch the guilt
How to Ditch the Guilt Feminist writer, Erica Jong, wrote in her 1973 novel the Fear of Flying: ‘Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I will show you a man’. While some 21st century men might groan in protest at this slightly skewed view of the sexes the statement holds some truth even today.A survey […]
Let's discuss the latest Pew Research – 40% of households have women as the main breadwinner
Revealing research out today from the Pew Research Institute today found that a record 40% of households in the US with children under 18 have women as the sole or primary earner Why more single Mums? Why are families where the woman is the primary earner almost $2000 better off than if their partner was […]