The Savings Series: How a single mother manages her money
By Nikhita Arora MONEY October 24, 2019 The Savings Series: How a single mother manages her money A superwoman’s guide to finances Motherhood pushes buttons you didn’t even know existed – one little sole-piercing Lego block at a time. Having a baby might be the best thing to happen to you, but it also means learning how to function on two hours of shut-eye, decoding lesson plans more complex than secret services’ encrypted messages, and devising strategies of your own to sneak in some veggies into the little monsters’ dabbas. This life-altering experience could very well be dubbed the Endurance Olympics. And if you’re a single mother, you manage to do all of this and more by yourself. Binoli Dodhiwala Juggling the home and kids while being the sole breadwinner is not easy, and managing finances often takes a back seat when catering to immediate wants and needs. However, financial security can take away a major chunk of the burden a single mother shoulders on a daily basis. As