I used to be an office-based working mom. Currently I am a work at home mom (wahm), which unfortunately, many people don’t take seriously as work. But I am a working mom and my kids are at a childcare facility while I am typing this on my home computer.
It is with trepidation that I present [...]
Tags: exercise, healthy, healthy eating, obesity, SAHM, stay-at-home mom, WAHM, working mom
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An old acquaintance of mine recently posted a question on her facebook page. It made me laugh. She wanted to know how a working mom could manage to keep the house clean, spend time with the children, spend time with the husband, and cook dinner. But that’s not all – she also insisted on having [...]
Tags: clean, cook, exhausted, housekeeper, mom, multitasking, overwhelmed, parents, working mom
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I have become kind of sensitive lately. You see, I am on a leave of absence from my other job;being a high school teacher. Since then, I have started hearing a lot of people say things like, ‘So you’re a full time mom now?’
That begs the question: what percent mom was I before?
Don’t get me [...]
Tags: full time mom, stay home mom, WAHM, working mom
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Ever wonder how much a good mom is worth? Of course, the answer from husbands and children across the world should be ‘priceless,‘ but Salary.com has released some solid stats.
By valuating the time moms spend doing typical ‘mom’ jobs, from housekeeper to CEO, the Web site determined that a typical stay-at-home mom’s salary should be [...]
Tags: mom's worth, SAHM, working mom
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Before I started working from home I was a full-fledged stay-at-home mom with nothing more on my plate than caring for my babies and the house (as if that wasn’t enough, right?). I was the first to admit to anyone who would listen that staying home with babies was a lot harder than I [...]
Tags: SAHM, stay-at-home mom, working mom
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