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How to Master Being a Work-at-Home Mom

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Men tended to report more conservative gender attitudes than women-with the exception of Mexico, where women were more conservative than men, McGinn says. The researchers controlled for factors including: Stripping those things away, they focused on the effects of being raised by a mother who worked outside the home. The data showed that men were just as likely to hold supervisory jobs whether or not their moms had worked outside the home.

But women raised by working mothers were more likely to supervise others at work. The data also showed that while being raised by a working mother had no apparent effect on men's relative wages, women raised by working moms had higher incomes than women whose moms stayed at home full time. As for men whose moms ever worked outside the home, they were more likely to contribute to household chores and spent more time caring for family members.

Women spent about the same amount of time caring for family members, regardless of whether their moms worked outside the home. However, "When we segmented just for people who have children at home, we found that women who are raised by a working mom actually spend more time with their kids," McGinn says, adding that this includes women who grew up to become working moms themselves. So I think for both mothers and for fathers, working both inside and outside the home gives your kids a signal that contributions at home and at work are equally valuable, for both men and women.

In short, it's good for your kids. If you want to focus on your kids now, rather than your career, Duxbury suggests having a plan for keeping your skills sharp and staying on top of changes in your profession, as well as thinking ahead to how you might re-enter the workforce.

Part-time work , reduced hours, contract jobs, freelancing or job sharing are great options. Robyn Brown, an early childhood educator in Winnipeg, decided to work part-time so she could be with her son but still maintain a bit of income and keep one foot in her career.

Once Oliver is in grade one, she plans on picking up more hours. Whatever you decide, be kind to yourself. Look for ways to relieve the burden, like regular babysitting , using pre-made foods or hiring a cleaner. Have a candid discussion with your partner about divvying up household and parenting tasks, and be sure to take some guilt-free time for yourself. At the end of the day, your kids will be fine either way. The most important thing is that your kids are in a loving, stimulating and stress-free environment.

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Thank you for signing up! I started taking on other moms who wanted to work from home doing travel — I trained them and helped them. Then before I knew it I had over agents! Now I have a full administrative team and I still work from home. We have a great group of agents and they always help one another out on our Facebook page. If you have questions I am happy to answer them. Hi ladies im a stay at home mother also mother to two boys and one girl just starting school this year: Incredible buisness the training by my knowledgeable leaders has really rubbed off!

This blog is grear its amazing how many creative way mother have created to be able to stay home and raise there children. If anyone is ever interested find me on facebook Jackelyn Barbour or my direct site is mrsbarbour Have a wonderful day ladies stay blessed! I absolutely love this blog. Add Radiantly You to that list! Awesome company to work for. Check them out http: Thanks for sharing my Lilla Rose link! I also heartily recommend Usborne and Young Living oils ad well….. Just wanted to comment on your Exchange Student post.

I taught in Japan at a Japanese High School and had six classes with forty students per class. I know the two young ladies you hosted were thrilled and blessed beyond measure to have had the opportunity to live with your family. All the students long for American friends and all things American! They are the most wonderful people! I know you were blessed in return!

Amway Independent Business Owner for me: This is a great list of ideas, but the title of your post is quite offensive. It suggests that the only REAL moms are those that stay home. That is NOT the case whatsoever!!! I assure you, that is not the intention at all! My whole blog is about simple strategies for real moms. I quit my good paying job 2 years ago to be a SAHM and now I have become quite proficient at being a survey taker, product tester and participant in online focus groups.

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And a new job to add to our list! I am curious, how many hours do you have to spend to make that much? Do you make actual cash that you can use to pay bills, or are you paid in, say, Amazon gift cards? I do spend A LOT of time on my laptop—probably close to 7 hrs a day mon-fri. Can you give me info on how to get started doing this?? Been looking for something to do as a SAHM!! What sites do you use? I would like for you to email me some more information.

I would love to do the same thing you are doing so I can stay home with my baby. I stay at home with my 2 boys.. I would love the taking survey info as well! Can you give me the sites that you use? I want to find some legit online income. How did you start doing that? Bridget, Are you able to share which websites you do surveys for, etc.?

I would be interested in trying this. Bridget, can you please e mail me more about becoming a SHAM? I would greatly appreciate it: How did you start your job? Working from home, via computer sounds like just the ticket. Hi, I am really interested in the surveys but have always been skeptical because of scams.

Would you be able to give me links to safe survey sites.

For me, I work in a virtual environment. I design clothing on Photoshop, then I upload them to virtual games and sell them to people in the games for money. Everything I ran into is basically a scam. Seven years ago, before I had children, I taught music full-time at a conservatory. I had 47 students. I left the conservatory when I had my first baby, and now I teach piano lessons in my home part-time during the day. I have four little ones, and the piano moms and dads babysit for me while I teach their children.

In return, they get a discount on lessons. I love when moms translate their skills and experience working outside the home to a business that allows them to work at home! Our home was built in and I could not afford that inspection. So, that idea went down the commode.

I was blessed with a daycare position for the summer that allowed me to bring my children for free and that was huge! Now I am substitute teaching and would love to be home full time again. I home school him. I do have a full time job but have been off for over 2 months due to medical problems. I need a way to make money from home. Any help is very welcome. Click subscribe at the very top of the blog, and sign up for email updates.

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But I was reading these comments and ran across yours. I would really appreciate any help you can give me. I also homeschool my son as well. This could be a whole post or series! I would recommend How to Blog for Profit without selling your soul. It has fantastic information on how to make money blogging while writing about your passion. We are also a one-car family and cut unnecessary spending when we can — in hopes of paying off our insane credit card debt soon! Please give me more info on your business.

I am a natural childbirth educator for Birth Boot Camp! There are different programs, depending on your interests. The one I am most familiar with is Bradley, and they have training across the country every year. The training does cost, but it is a wonderful program.

I went through Bradley classes with my husband when we were pregnant with our first and it was just the best experience for both of us. You can find more about training here. I am a stay at home Mom with a part-time work from home job. For the past 3 years, I have had the blessing of being the secretary and office manager for a small Hydrovacing company. I have been able to do all the work from home until this past summer.

Now, our youngest, age 3, goes with me 3 days a week for a few hours. We have 4 children- 16, 14, 7 and 3. I have also sold things on local sales sites for extra income. I have been at home since our oldest was born. It was choices to support our decision to have me at home. We made that decision before we married almost 23 years ago. And, we are both thankful and blessed by it. I work with an amazing company that has an awesome nutritional product!

Not many know about it, making this a ground floor, rocking opportunity! This product supports health and wellness! There are studies backing it and personal testimonies that are amazing! Everything from sleeping better, more energy, allergies, skin, eyes, stronger, bones, arthritis, diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure, just to name a few, all improved just by supplementing with this product! As a customer you can earn free product just by sharing with others and as a business owner you can earn free product plus a shiny new BMW!

Could you please email me about this business. I am two months away from being a stay at home mom and very interested in a way to make money and stay home with my little one. Hello, I am a stay at home mom to 7 crazy busy kids. I have always wanted to find a way that I can bring in a little money on the side while still being able to care for my house and family. My only problem is that I really have no skills other then being a mom. What would you suggest for me? I always recommend sticking close to the skills you already have, so maybe taking on one or two kids and running a small in-home daycare would be an option for you?

And my team is beyond amazing and they have taken all of the guess work out. It has been such a blessing being a part of this. Love all these ideas and the creativity of moms wanting to stay home and yet contribute financially for their families. Thank you for including all these ideas. I am a mom of four boys and have worked for Pampered Chef for six years. I love cooking, helping others develop a love for cooking and eating healthy! The benefits have been incredible. I easily earn hundreds of dollars a month and reap bonuses for staying active from tote bags to jewelry to free products that I am able to give as gifts.

I always advise women I speak with who are looking for opportunities such as this to find what you are passionate about, make sure your husband is on board with it, pray and then go for it! My favorite thing about being a Norwex consultant is helping others rid their home of chemicals and make it a safer place for their families. I started three weeks ago part time with Isagenix. I have a full time job and lost 40 lbs using Isagenix and started selling 3 weeks ago. We get paid every Monday! I am one of many stay-at-home moms that are consultants with Pampered Chef. The woman who started the company wanted something that stay-at-home moms could do to earn money.

This should be added to the list. I would love more information about this. I was doing childcare out of my home but that recently changed and I need a way to make up that income, without having to go back to full time work. I found the Younique company and it has been a huge blessing in my life! We sell high quality mineral based makeup and other beauty products that are made from more natural products.

Have you heard of the amazing 3D Lashes!?!?! The first savings I get is I get wonderful makeup for free or almost free. It lasts along time also! The 2nd Is I make awesome commissions from my friends hosting online parties! It has been a huge blessing in my families life!! I am a stay at home mom of 2. Keep is only in the Beta-phase and will be launching in January I wanted to be a part of something new and wanted to wear all the jewelry!

In just over one month, I am reaping the benefits of bringing in income for my family AND learning about a business from the ground up! I was surprised no one mentioned Zeal for Life! They are one of the fastest growing businesses in the wellness industry. Zurvita was even featured in Success from Home magazine in April of this year and I am proud to say I work for a Christian company.

I love the freedom I have with being a Zeal for Life consultant, but best of all…I love how much my life has changed since using the wellness product! Contact me if you are ready to change your life too! I am a SAHM of 4 kids 2 being home schooled, 1 toddler, and 1 infant with special needs and my hubby and I have an Amway business. The simplicity of buying things we already use, sharing how to do it, and making money just made sense to us! The products are awesome and so is the flexibility! I am a SAHM and hold a job for a fortune healthcare company. There are lots of opportunities to work companies who offer telecommuting.

I only have to go on-site about Times a year for a 1 hour meeting. It has been wonderful to keep my job but allowing me to do everything for my 5 kids aging 15 to 21 months old. I am interested in telecommuting, mother of two under age 3, what company do you work for Delphine? I worked as a nurse for 10 years but had to quit to stay home with my now 2 year old twins when they were 7 months old. I am glad there is a list like this. I stayed home and just spend time with my babies most of the last year and a half but recently in May started with Origami Owl as a way to have fun and spend time with other female adults.

I am a stay at home, homeschooling mom of a 9yo and a 7yo. I love The Pampered Chef home and kitchen products and I love cooking healthy, organic, allergy friendly meals for people. Like any other business, if you put hard work into it, you will be successful. My goal is to make enough money to pay for the organic ingredients that I use at my free cooking shows.

I joke with my clients that I get paid in free Pampered Chef products that I earn from each show or class I host: The Pampered Chef is really an amazing company to work with and am blessed to have such an amazing support team. I am a distributor with It Works. Started my journey in April to supplement my WAHM income as a staff recruiter for occupational, physical and speech therapist. I have a soon to be 2 year old and my husband and I realized it actually cost us more for me to work outside the home, and I was fortunate enough to be able to work out a situation with my employer to allow me to do my job from home.

I have a sitter that helps from time to time to allow me time to meet deadlines, meetings, jobfairs. I schedule wrap appointments and parties when my husband is home. This also also allows me to have a positive work life balance for myself and gives our child a chance to have a mom at home but to still be able to have someone to give her undivided attention when I have work priorities.

So far it is a win win for us. My sister started getting paychecks from Zija and we were like, wow this is really a great opportunity for a 2nd income. We have so many people asking us about the products it is so easy. Great company and our team is so inspirational and motivated. The doctors who created Proactiv now have an anti-aging pharmaceutical line.

This is the FiRST company with an established brand to ever enter direct sales. We get a huge amount of press coverage in major magazines and we were just named the fourth largest premium skin care brand in the U. This company is changing the face of direct sales as we know it. I would love to share more. I brang my business home. I am a licensed cosmotologist and have been doing hair for several years, well I decided to lose the over head and be closer to my kids win win of course but bringing your cliets home has its challenges none the less I remodeled my garage into a stylish salon and new and old clients alike are loving it.

I also rep for Arbonne International, Im a big fan of there Vegan products and decided to start selling them as I use other vegan products in my home and salon as well. I love this idea! Thank you so much for sharing your story! Thanks for sharing this information. Thanks for sharing your shop! You have so much cute stuff over there already! Thanks so much, Shannon. My husband and I were builders in the military.

We decided to use our construction experience to renovate and sell our home for a profit. We plan to use the money to pay off most, if not all, our debt. The next house should make enough money for us to pay ourselves a monthly salary while we work on the house after that and so on. I love how there really is an endless variety of ways families are making an at home income! Thank you so much for sharing Anna! Love the different ideas for SAHM. My 3 kids are in school now but have begun babysitting to help a friend out but have wanted to do in home childcare for a while now.

As I was reading the article and comments, I became curious about blogging. I have never tried it and wanted some more info. Blogging is definitely a labor of love that can help with extra income. Also, I really recommend the book Blogging for Profit. Hope to get some great info and tips for starting a blog. I quit my job a couple of years ago to start an art business. I love to paint. Thanks for all the great ideas everyone has posted. When I was pregnant 16 years ago with our first daughter I had a conversation with my Grandma a few weeks before she went to be with the Lord.

Well, it was possible and the Lord provided a way for me to transition from working at the physical therapy office I was employed with and had done some transcription for by putting me in contact with a local transcription company ran by a husband and wife. I typed for about the first 4 years of her life and then we found that we could indeed live on one income if we prioritized and ran our household differently. It has been a wonderful 16 years with my two daughters. I began homeschooling them, too, eight years ago!

When they were small I would buy high end clothing for them and re-sell it to make it a near wash when the clothes were outgrown. It helps to make back a little! You brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for sharing your testimony and encouraging other mamas! Thanks so much for this great article. But my son is 6 months now and it seems like a perfect time to get started…thanks for the ideas and encouragement! I really felt like 6 months was the magic number with both of mine too, where we started getting back into a routine.

If you do decide to start one, feel free to email me! Have you thought about doing something with your graphic design on Fiverr? Or perhaps contact bloggers, as they often need help making nice Pinnable images. I recently became a SAHM for my 10 month old daughter. Its been great to stay home with her but we had to cut back on a lot of expenses and I really missed being able to go out for an ice cream or getting a coffee.

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My friend works for a research company and asked me to participate in one of her studies by filling out an online form about my daughter and husband. It was pretty easy and gave me a little mad money to take my daughter and husband out for a little treat. I know that they are still looking for participants so thought I would share in case anyone is in a similar situation as me. If anyone is interested you can use this link http: I have been a member of this site for over 2 years.

You can earn real cash, not points or egift cards. There are lots of ways to earn too, including using coupons, searching the web, downloading apps and buying online. Thanks so much for this great article, no doubt you have added value to some and relief to some. I will like to know about blogging. I really need to get busy, it has been so frustrating being idle for years, I have been a SAHM for 15years, raising my children. They are grown now and in secondary school,I am now so idle, really need to get busy.

I loved the read Shannon!

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Thanks for the plethora of inspirations. Making body scrub interests me most. I have a BA in music and education — so I teach piano, and tutor in order to make a bit of money. I have also become a mystery shopper so it allows me to go out to eat but not really pay for it….: My husband showed me this website: I have a daughter coming in a Month and I am looking forward to being able to write about what I love and make money doing so! I have two kids under 5 and Forever Living has been a lifesaver!

Check it out http: I have been searching for years for a way to stay home with my 2 year old son. I finally found the answer! I am a weight management coach with a program called LTL live the Lifestyle. I teach clients how to eat right and exercise often. This program is part of a bigger company who also allows people to become distributors of other wonderful products like beauty products and isotonixs. If you want to be your own boss, work from home, and want to make a difference please contact me via reply I have also found a shopping site that allows you to earn cashback on all your online purchases.

Nothing like getting paid to shop! Here is the link http: Hello Kim, Could you please give me more information on the weight management coach. I would love to do this as well. I really like this article and I think that you have done a wonderful job! I am going to become a new mother here soon and I am really contemplating being a stay at home mom. I would like the additional income so I am hoping to find a job that I can do from home. This is all very new to me and to be honest I am kinda scared. I have been working at my current position for over 6 years now.

Do you have any recommendations for me to get started? What you said Natasha!!! I am scared as well but kind of encouraged after reading all of the success stories. I have been at my current job for 6 years as well and am due in October. I never would have thought about being a SAHM until now.

I loved this article and have found hope that I can do this! I am interested in possibly writing a blog about something and earning a little extra money. Does anyone have some suggestions on how I can do this? Here is the link check it out, http: I make wax melts from home and am considering starting my own shop with it. It totally sold itself! I am a stay at home mom of a 6 month old boy. I had to quit my fulltime job 2 years before I even got pregnant due to health issues.

I decided to continue to use my college education and passions to bring in extra income. I became a Pampered Chef Consultant to help other busy women and men learn how to make quick and healthy meals. I am a Personal Trainer by profession so I also train clients in my home. I do photography sessions occasionally and I now babysit occasionally in my home! He provides when we give him our talents!

Hi I just read this and sure could use your help.

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I worked in a hospital for over 10 yrs but had to quit my job in nursing to care for my disabled husband who is a retired vet from the USAF of 25 yrs so we have been living on a very tought budget with two of our children and our three grandsons so I have been looking for a job that keeps me home with my husband Could you please help me with finding something. I am a JewerlyinCandles business owner. There are no monthly website fees, no monthly quotas, etc..

I work for Alpine Access powered by Sykes at Home. Alpine has about 60 companies that outsource their phone calls to them. They then hire people at home to answer those calls. You have to have a quiet environment, so I would recommend this if you can get childcare, or if your SO can watch the kids while you do it. If you have a reference you are more likely to get a job, and I get a bonus for referring people.

So far i have been paid by amazon gift cards and by paypal transfers. Register and complete surveys and keep earning. These few bucks can help you buy something you wanted to buy for baby but was hesitant to waste money. Give it a try and you ll be surprised. Such great ideas in the post and comments! It is extremely important for mothers to find a balance between work and home.

When you find a legit stay at home position, it may become even harder to find that balance because of the comfort of being home some of us may not be able to take work as serious not being in a work environment. My advice as a stay at home mom is to remember what and who you are doing this for. I wish every single one of you the best! I am a new mom to the most amazing little boy who is almost 4 months old. Please help with suggestions! I can relate to your story… I dreaded going back to work after maternity leave. So glad I found a way to create residual income from home! I love working with other moms who want to want to raise their own babies while still being able to contribute to the family finances.

A lot of online business are looking for your skills, and you could definitely replicate your income with a flexible work from home situation. How would I go about searching for these Virtual Assistant jobs? The whole idea is relatively new to me, and I live in a very rural community.

I dont want to post the amount, as my intention is not to spam this conversation, but it is in the 5 figures per month. Making money blogging is difficult, it requires growing an audience, blogging regularly, and a lot of other marketing tactics. As someone who has started many, many blogs that failed, I can tell you that starting a food related blog is the easiest and quickest way to make money with a blog.

But, there are over 10 million recipe searches online every day, so you need a very small share of that to make a very good income. Again, my intention is not to spam this conversation, but please feel free to as any questions, I am happy to help. How do you find a job as a virtual assistant? Any help is appreciated. I am a mother of 4 and currently pregnant with my 5th! Can anyone recommend a 2nd at home job for me?

Id love to hear from you! I am a stay at home mom of 4 and make a supplemental income for my family doing online marketing. I love all the ideas here. I would really love to do something that is flexible and strictly online due to having a critically ill child at home. My passion is research for financial assistance for families in need. I would love to be able to find a way to turn this into a profitable stay at home business but I am completely lost in how to get started and if there is even a need for it.

Until then I would be interested in data entry or research virtual assistant. If anyone has an idea where to start or if there is something I can do until I can start I would be interested in talking with you. No hidden fees anywhere!! This company is a life changer!!! I am a single mom of 3 beautiful girls. My oldest has decided to move out on her own, but my other two are still at home. I work part time, go to school part time, and supplement my income by selling candles for a company called Jewelry in Candles.

I have only been doing this for a few months and not many people have heard of this company where I live so it has been slow going, but it is going. I used to work 12 plus hours a day, 6 days a week and did it for years. I decided it was time to slow down a little bit so I can be around for those sporting activities. I work at home as an Operator Services contractor. Some of them might be, however I have worked for http: My neighbor worked for them for 9 years.

I choose my own hours, with shifts as short as 30 minutes. Agents are needed 24 hours per day, so you have lots of options. It is not available in every state though, So check the web site for more info. I am a stay-at-home mom and I am thrilled that I joined Jamberry Nails! The support and training is exceptional! I could go on and on…. I have loved this post. I am a stay at home mom of two and have done a variety of things to being in money.

I babysat for a couple of years but that got hard to do while home schooling. I love the company and the products. Let me know if you want info about the company.

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