Like many moms, my mother has always been our family's CFO. I grew up watching her fill in Quicken workbooks, write and document checks and keep us all accountable for our own spending.
As an adult, I recognize now how valuable it was for my sisters and me to watch our mother manage money. It's only in more recent history that it's become socially acceptable for women to manage finances, even within the family, and many women have become financially disadvantaged because a husband mismanaged funds and kept them in the dark.
