As
a work at home mom of two littles, I try to teach my boys to «treat others the way you want to be treated.»
I am
a work at home mom of two beautiful princesses and working from home was always my choice to be around my family and make a good income.
I'm
a work at home mom of five children.
************************ Melodie is a mental health professional turned
work at home mom of two girls who can normally be found at Breastfeeding Moms Unite!
We basically have about the same routine as the breastfeeding
work at home mom of a 6 month (5 month) old but our day starts later... and he doesn't sleep through the night.
Not exact matches
Only 4 percent
of households fit the June Cleaver blueprint:
working father, stay -
at -
home mom, and kids under 18.
One
of my first
at home / Saturday morning projects as a 10 year - old boy was to build a robot with tin cans my
Mom had thrown out and plenty
of lead solder and an «Archer» soldering gun, which still
works after 50 years, even the little light on the front!
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at -
home moms and dads.
I like
work flexibility because it allows me to be a caregiver to my
mom and keep her in her
home in her aging years and not have to burn the candle
at both ends allowing me to take care
of me too!
Shelby Larson is the founder and co-owner
of Content Divas, an SEO, content marketing, and outsourcing firm started in 2007 to provide
work - from -
home opportunities to stay -
at -
home moms.
Pinterest initially attracted huge numbers
of crafters, stay -
at -
home moms, and
working women looking for varied — but still kind
of traditionally female — items like recipes, crafting ideas, organizational tips, event planning, etc..
The reason the website has a womanly touch is because some
of the best, most flexible
work - from -
home opportunities are actually geared toward stay -
at -
home moms.
Leaving aside the manifold ways in which stay -
at -
home moms are utterly crucial to their families (some
of which — to be sure — can be replaced, however imperfectly, with paid labor
of one sort or another), there is this: could the many institutions
of our civil society continue to function without the tireless efforts
of women who don't regularly participate in the
working world?
She was an academic - turned stay -
at -
home -
mom writing a dissertation, and I was a full - time teacher -
mom driving 45 minutes to and from
work with 2 young kids, one who puked regularly out
of carsickness.
Women move back and forth between employment and
home, and women who consider themselves stay -
at -
home mothers may
work the same number
of part - time hours as women who identify themselves as
working moms.
but the WHOKLE
of Bible showsotherwise (BOT man and woman made in image
of God) in gensis Proverbs 31 is
of a woman who
works for her pay (NOT a stay
at home mom) Paul refers to WOMEN as being his fellow workers!
The husband is often away,
working hard to support his large family, but the wife — say a stay -
at -
home -
mom — can be overwhelmed with the duties
of caring for her children, as well as the lack
of social interactions and recognition for her hard
work.
Sometimes my
mom would come
home from
work with 5 different types
of Camino chocolate bars (this was always our favourite), and
at least 3 would be gone by that night.
It's like having the best
of both worlds:
working most
of the time, but being an
at -
home mom for a couple
of months.
I'm a
work -
at -
home mom, wife
of 10 years, and have lost 90 pounds!
Between
work and meeting my
mom and friends for frequent happy hours, plus the two doggers
at home (one
of whom still potties inside when the moods strikes), what's a girl to do?
I am a
work -
at -
home mom of four, feeding my family and my friends one plate
at a time.
I remember my last year
at home I asked my
mom if I could make one
of them and she said yes because that's obviously less
work for her and I went full on Giada minus the boobs.
As a former stay
at home mom now
working mom (not by choice), I have to say it is harder to
work and parent, but not because
of the scheduling and
working «two jobs» but because
of not being able to be where you heart really is.
You know, how summer is so relaxing (cue hysterical laughter
of moms who
work at home)?
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However, I feel bad because I have to use paper towels
at work, and I've had to use them a couple
of times
at my
mom's and just once or twice
at home.
Knowing that time is
of the essence for
moms and the budgets tighter than ever
working out
at home is growing immensely.
Mothers are back in the news again, thanks to Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen whose comment about stay -
at -
home -
mom of five Ann Romney, wife
of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as a woman who «has actually never
worked a day in her life» reignited the so - called Mommy Wars.
Now she advocates for getting rid
of language like «stay -
at -
home mom» and «stay -
at -
home dad» and instead talk about «
working fathers» and «
working mothers.»
While many career
moms choose to focus on motherhood, the public battles
of stay -
at -
home and
working moms may be ringing in her ears.
Even when I did go back to
work, I was still physically touching her 14 hours out
of 24, which is probably more than most stay
at home moms who use strollers, cribs and bouncy seats.
There is a breast pump for every type
of mother — whether you are
working in the corporate world, running a business, or a multitasking stay -
at -
home mom.
Whether you're a young
mom struggling to fit in with your kid - free peers, or you're one
of a growing number
of stay -
at -
home dads, or you're a
working mom figuring out how to balance
work and kids, you know that no matter your circumstances, this business
of being responsible for a small (and disastrously naive) human (or humans, bless your heart) is going to test your patience, your limits, and your soul.
Some are
working part - time
at home while
Mom takes advantage
of her full - time
work options.
Thompson's war was between
working and stay -
at -
home moms, and I certainly witnessed this struggle within my own family - my
mom stayed
at home, my aunt was a successful professional, and there was a constant stream
of subtle barbs about who'd made the superior choice.
To be part
of the breastfeeding infantry, it doesn't matter if you're planning to
work full - time or be a stay -
at -
home -
mom, if you're gay or straight, if you're a card - carrying left - wing feminist or a Mormon with a penchant for traditional values.
«If there's a nanny feeding the baby and
home... the results
of the baby feeding are uploaded via wi - fi to the
mom's smartphone
at work so she can tell exactly how much the baby has drunk.»
Feminist
moms trust in the judgment and choices
of other women, and that includes their right to choose to be
working moms or stay -
at -
home moms; to breastfeed or not; to be Justin Bieber fans or not.
And it doesn't seem to matter if you're a stay -
at -
home mom or
working mom, you can't be on the winning side
of the game either way.
• The type - A
working mom who totally dismissed me because I told her that I currently
worked part - time from
home... and the stay -
at -
home sanctimommy who whispered to me how she thought that the kids
of working moms weren't as well behaved as those
of stay -
at -
home moms.
And so is the number
of stay -
at -
home moms who also add
work -
at -
home mom to their title.
There are all kinds
of moms out there:
working moms, stay -
at -
home moms, «cool
moms,» alternative
moms, crunchy
moms, homeschooling
moms, helicopter
moms... Honestly there's probably a group
of moms out there who base their core parenting principals on the wisdom
of Dr.. Who or something, because why the hell not?
Many stay -
at -
home moms continue to
work in some capacity to cover their employment gap while being out
of the workforce full - time to raise kids.
Most people think
of a stay -
at -
home moms as a woman with a spouse who goes out to
work while she stays
home all day.
I push it to the very edge and then when dear husband walks in the door refreshed from a full day
of uninterrupted adult conversations and a nice new haircut, I'm immediately triggered to hand - over the kids, spit a few nails and storm off in my frumpy, stay -
at -
home, now
work - from -
home mom clothes that I've been wearing for two days straight.
Where 18 %
of part - time
working moms and 11 % stay -
at -
home moms said the same according to a Pew Research Center survey.
In -
home daycare operators are examples
of work -
at -
home moms with young children who
work full - time.
There are a handful
of times people feel justified to freely comment on your lifestyle choices — when you're pregnant or announce your decision to remain child - free; when you're a
working mom or a stay -
at -
home mom; and when you get divorced.
One
of the coolest things about being a
work -
at -
home mom is that UB2 has allowed me to help other mothers make that same decision.