Tag Archives: Stay at Home

Great Expectations – Housewives versus Career Wives

Did you know that one of the largest sources of stress for husbands in the modern day is an inability to provide enough for their families so that their wife can stay home? It might seem surprising that this is an actual source of stress considering the trend of women who want to work and who competed to work in the workplace. “There’s a difference,” offered one husband in a recent survey. “If my wife wants to work, that’s great. If she brings in more money than me, that’s great. I don’t want her to have to work if she … Continue reading →

Me a Stay at Home Mom?

I know that the choice for the mother to stay at home or to go to work is an individual one. Each couple needs to decide together what their families needs are, and only they know what circumstances they are facing. As I write this blog, I am not judging anyone, but simply writing about how I came to make my choice and how it has affected my family. Staying at home with my kids was not something that I planned on doing. Growing up I thought that being a mother was the most boring job in the world. I … Continue reading →

Why Stay at Home, Mom?

Why do we stay at home? According to Senator Dodd, who argued against giving stay-at-home moms the same tax break as families who put their children in daycare, stay at home moms are self-pampered who just want to “play golf or go to the club and play cards.” I don’t know about you but that definitely doesn’t describe my life. In fact it describes very few stay at home moms. Research by Robert E. Rector, a senior research fellow of The Heritage Foundation that specializes in family and welfare research, found that in 1996 the median income of married couples … Continue reading →

Stay at Home – Work at Home

I am a stay at home mother of three, but I also work from home. Through the years I have tried a variety of different ways to make money from home. Some of them have worked, like running my own in-home daycare and doing freelance writing, and some have failed like selling travel packages and hair bows at home parties. I have outlined six steps to help you find a successful way to make money from home. List Your Skills Make a list of all the skills you have to offer. Do you have a degree? Do you like to … Continue reading →