working moms

Mom & Dad

Stay-at-home moms are dragging women backwards

A French author proclaims stay-at-home mothers to be equivalent to animals and a danger to the modern woman. Has she lost her mind,...

Family Activities

How to celebrate Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day is a fabulous opportunity for parents to spend more time with their kids, reinforce the...

Budgeting & Saving

Working Mom 3.0: Make your money work

Becoming a stay-at-home working mom often means your financial situation changes, for better or worse. In this installment of...

Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

Being unwed and pregnant can get you fired

An unmarried pregnant teacher was dismissed from the private Christian school where she worked. Is the school right to require...

Time Management

Working Mom 3.0: One less thing

Is overachieving leading you to undervalue your own health? In this issue of Working Mom 3.0, writer Stephanie Taylor Christensen...

New Moms

How to rid yourself of working-mom guilt

If there's one thing that comes standard with motherhood, it's guilt. Working moms often experience this to a different degree, but...

Activities for Kids

Spring break challenges for working moms

Spring break is here. The warm weather is upon us, and the kids are out of school. As a working mom, it's not always possible to be...

New Moms

5 Back-to-work challenges for you and your newborn

Deciding to return to work can be tough on both you and your baby, but knowing what's in store may help you deal with the bumps...

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...

Career Advice

Working Mom 3.0: 3 Find the right job

You know you want to be a stay-at-home working mom, but what's the right job opportunity that will give you extra money,...

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...

Time Management

Working Mom 3.0: No regrets

Being a stay-at-home working mom can offer the best of both worlds, but do you always feel so certain when self-doubt sets in? In...

Mom & Dad

How to be more efficient when you work from home

Although the benefits are sweet, a challenge often faced by work at home moms is not the inability to manage their work, but their...

Time Management

Working Mom 3.0: Are you stuck in a rut?

Being a working mom creates a conundrum: We need routines to help us maximize efficiency, but there's always that chance that we're...

New Moms

Common fears about daycare

Many moms have to work to support their families. But that doesn't make leaving a newborn baby in daycare any easier. The heartache...

Career Advice

Working Mom 3.0: Simple skills that build your career

Being a work-at-home mom presents networking challenges, but staying connected to potential business opportunities when you’re “off...

Career Advice

Working Mom 3.0: Get happy

What formula of work and family will truly make you happy? In this issue of Working Mom 3.0, Stephanie Taylor Christensen explores a...

Time Management

Working Mom 3.0: Prevent career burnout

When you become a working mom, you’ve got less time, far less sleep and more work tasks to do, even before you get to work in the...

Time Management

Working Mom 3.0: What worries you?

Whether you're a working mom outside the home or a stay-at-home working mom -- the worries are similar. In this issue of Working Mom...

Career Advice

Working Mom 3.0: Mom-centric jobs

In this issue of Working Mom 3.0, writer Stephanie Taylor Christensen explores how working moms can tap into their passions for...