Feb. 12, 2025

The Real Cost of Being a Working Parent

The Real Cost of Being a Working Parent

And how it relates to the gender wage and wealth gap.

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In the past, we covered the national average costs for different types of child care and how it may be directly related to the gender wage and wealth gap. But Eryn Schultz, a CFP known as Her Personal Finance online, reached out to say the data was vastly undershooting the realities of working parents she works with. She joins us today to share the real costs of childcare and what working parents in the US contend with.


Transcripts, show notes, production credits, and more can be found at: https://moneywithkatie.com/working-parents.


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