Thinking like a breadwinner | Jennifer Barrett -

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About Jennifer Barrett

Jennifer Barrett is the Chief Education Officer at Acorns, a financial wellness app with more than 8.5 million users, and the founding editor of its popular money site, Grow. She previously held management roles, including: General Manager at Hearst Digital over the Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Redbook and Seventeen digital brands; Personal Finance Editor at CNBC Digital; and SVP and Editor-in-Chief of DailyWorth, a female-focused financial media company. She’s a contributor for Forbes and has also written about money for publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Worth, Money, and Newsweek, where she was a staff writer and editor for seven years. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.

She is also the author of “Think Like A Breadwinner.”

What You’ll Learn

In this episode we talk about:

The different messages boys and girls receive growing up pertaining to money
How Jennifer realized the impact systemic beliefs had on her life individually
Ways to approach talking with your kids about money
Jennifer’s view on what causes the gender wealth gap
How to start making conscious and practical decisions about your desired financial future
How to structure saving for your goals
The differences between housing markets in different parts of the country
The importance of a growth mindset
Common issues women face when taking breadwinning roles
Societal pressure related to motherhood
Setting boundaries in order to create a work-home balance