Family Issues
All families face various issues and concerns as kids pass through different ages and stages. Work-at-home families are not immune, but some of the challenges they face are unique.
Setting TV Time Rules
Setting TV time rules for your children as part of a larger set of work-at-home ground rules benefits both you and your child. And though kids would probably prefer no limits to their TV time, restricting TV viewing gives them more opportu…
Setting TV time rules for your children as part of a larger set of work-at-home ground rules benefits both you and your child. And though kids would probably prefer no limits to their TV time, restricting TV viewing gives them more opportu…
TV Viewing in the Homes of Work-at-Home Moms
When it comes to TV viewing, every parent wonders: How much is too much TV? Left to their own devices, many kids will make TV viewing their sole vocation. TV viewing should be only one (sparingly used) method to keep kids busy while working from home
When it comes to TV viewing, every parent wonders: How much is too much TV? Left to their own devices, many kids will make TV viewing their sole vocation. TV viewing should be only one (sparingly used) method to keep kids busy while working from home
Ground Rules for Working from Home
Setting work rules for your family (and yourself) is the key to success for any work-at-home mom. While every family's specific ground rules may differ, these are some decisions that work-at-home moms must make, as they develop a set of working rules.
Setting work rules for your family (and yourself) is the key to success for any work-at-home mom. While every family's specific ground rules may differ, these are some decisions that work-at-home moms must make, as they develop a set of working rules.
Business Travel Checklist for Work-at-Home Moms
When any working parent travels for business, it takes a lot of preparation to make the business trip--and life back home--go smoothly. However, work-at-home moms, who often don’t have regular child care in place, have special challenges.
When any working parent travels for business, it takes a lot of preparation to make the business trip--and life back home--go smoothly. However, work-at-home moms, who often don’t have regular child care in place, have special challenges.
10 Telltale Traits of a Perfectionist
Are you a perfectionist? About.com's Guide to Stress Management's can help you find out. And then fix that imperfection!
Are you a perfectionist? About.com's Guide to Stress Management's can help you find out. And then fix that imperfection!
Attending Daytime School Events
All parents -- work-at-home or not -- are invited to daytime school events like field trips and class parties throughout the year, and deciding when to attend and when to decline can be tough.
All parents -- work-at-home or not -- are invited to daytime school events like field trips and class parties throughout the year, and deciding when to attend and when to decline can be tough.
7 Common Parenting Mistakes
Not setting limits and being inconsistent are two of the seven common parenting mistakes that Vincent Iannelli, M.D., About.com's Guide to Pediatrics, lists here. These two, in particular, can wreak havoc for a work-at-home parent. Find out what the other five are.
Not setting limits and being inconsistent are two of the seven common parenting mistakes that Vincent Iannelli, M.D., About.com's Guide to Pediatrics, lists here. These two, in particular, can wreak havoc for a work-at-home parent. Find out what the other five are.
Dealing with Loneliness
Loneliness is an issue that almost all home-based workers face. As About.com's Stay-at-Home Moms Guide Soni Sangha explains, sometimes moms need more company than just the kids. She offers several suggestions for dealing with loneliness. Although some work-at-home moms won't have time these outings on a regular basis, many can work them in occasionally.
Loneliness is an issue that almost all home-based workers face. As About.com's Stay-at-Home Moms Guide Soni Sangha explains, sometimes moms need more company than just the kids. She offers several suggestions for dealing with loneliness. Although some work-at-home moms won't have time these outings on a regular basis, many can work them in occasionally.
Preventing Mommy Burnout
Whether your in the workplace, working from home or staying at home, moms of all stripes get burned out. Soni Sangha, About.com's Guide to Stay-at-Home Moms, gives tips on keeping it together when you're feeling burned out.
Whether your in the workplace, working from home or staying at home, moms of all stripes get burned out. Soni Sangha, About.com's Guide to Stay-at-Home Moms, gives tips on keeping it together when you're feeling burned out.
Chores, Chores, Chores
Just because you're home doesn't mean you should do all the housework. Don't let your spouse or partner forget that you work too. This two-part article by Sheri & Bob Stritof, About.com's Guides to Marriage, discusses how to keep chores from being a source of conflict and how to divide the work fairly.
Just because you're home doesn't mean you should do all the housework. Don't let your spouse or partner forget that you work too. This two-part article by Sheri & Bob Stritof, About.com's Guides to Marriage, discusses how to keep chores from being a source of conflict and how to divide the work fairly.