The CafeMom list includes interior designer, life coach, day care worker and homeopathic practitioner, among others, all careers allow moms to be self-employed and make their own schedules.
For example, if an average-income worker split his money, with 60% in stocks and 40% in bonds, and the stock market lost 80% of its value on the day that worker retired, he would still have a higher pension than he would get under the current Social Security system.