stay at home mom

Career and Time Management

Professional services for your stay-at-home business

If you work from home, you probably think you can do it all yourself. But there are some professional services you should consider...

Special Needs

Moms of kids with special needs weigh work vs. staying home

If you’re a working parent or a stay-at-home parent who has a child with special needs, you experience untold challenges in...

Mom & Dad

The new image of a stay-at-home mom

The face of the stay-at-home mom has changed since the days of June Cleaver. Lately, SAHMs reflect a sign of the times. According to...

Career Advice

Making money from home

So you have made the decision to stay home… now what? How can you create a rainy day fund from the comforts of your home or even...

Career Advice

Transitioning from two incomes to one

Losing one of the incomes in your household can be a stress on your marriage, as well as your bank account. Whether it was a...

Career and Time Management

Working Mom 3.0: 5 steps to better emails

Emails are a key tool in the life of a stay-at-home working mom, but are you putting your best professional image forward with every...

Mom & Dad

When mom's away, dad's a "babysitter"

The U.S. Census Bureau has officially deemed fathers as "child care," while mothers are considered the "designated parent." Do you...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Stay at home mom slump

Being a stay at home mom can get rather monotonous and after time, it's easy to feel like you're just along for the ride. There are...

Time Management

Working Mom 3.0: Home office and the holidays

Being a working mom in a traditional career sure isn’t easy, but when visitors, decorating, cooking, parties and shopping take over...

Career Advice

Working Mom 3.0: Career crossroads

Life is full of tough choices for working moms, and balancing work and family is far more than a numbers game. In this issue of...

Career Advice

Working Mom 3.0: Best places for working moms

Working moms get all kinds of unsolicited advice, like how to raise their kids, manage their careers and be a good wife. In this...

Time Management

Working Mom 3.0: Manage work and housework

Mowing the lawn, cooking, folding laundry, running a business — where does the job of a work-at-home mom end? In this issue of...

Tough Love

Should I start a home daycare?

In this installment of Tough Love, Mama Kat from Mama's Losin' It offers tips on starting a home daycare.

Preschoolers

Make your own educational printables

Keeping a preschooler occupied is difficult. Her short attention span means you need an arsenal of activities at your disposal. Try...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Is it selfish for mothers to work outside the home?

In this installment of Tough Love, blogger Jessica Gottlieb offers her opinion about moms who choose to work outside of the home.

Mom & Dad

10 Reasons to go back to work after being a stay-at-home-mom

Want to return to work this year after being a stay-at-home mom? Worried that it might not be the best choice for your family? Ditch...

Babysitters and Childcare

Work at home moms and child care

As a work at home mom, or “WAHM,” I find myself trying to juggle work obligations, keep up a home and, most importantly, care for my...

Career Advice

More moms are heading back into the work force

Maybe your husband has just been laid off or rising prices require additional household income, or a divorce has increased your...

Career Advice

Ask the Miserly Mom: The cost of working

Jonni McCoy, the "Miserly Mom," totals up the cost of working. Does working full-time make financial sense for a single mom who is...