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Is it a Home Business or Free Babysitting?

My kids are older now, but when they were younger—still elementary school age—I was working in my first home business. I worked consulting with nonprofit organizations on management, structure and fundraising. Since I worked from home, my children’s friends and their friends’ parents often just assumed I was a stay-at-home parent and that I was available to supervise. Many home business owners wrestle with being treated like a free drop-in sitter. It can be tough because many of us ARE looking after our own children. We are available parents to them and trying to work at the same time. Part … Continue reading →

Stay-at-Home Moms Deserve Raise: Latest Salary.com Survey

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The way I see it, someone owes me money. According to the most recent (May 2, 2007) salary.com survey, stay-at-home moms should rake in just over $138,000 a year. The company surveyed over 40,000 mothers and determined that we perform 10 typical jobs that would equal a salary of $138,095 annually ,if we worked outside the home. This figure was an increase of 3% from the May 2006 survey. The company has been conducting these types of surveys for the past seven years. According to a company press release, Bill Coleman, senior vice-president and chief compensation officer at Salary.com reports … Continue reading →

Your Baby and Emotional & Social Milestones

This is a check list of milestones for social and emotional behavior. It is a guideline. It is NOT the be all and end all to what your baby should be doing. I see many moms, especially new ones, rush to the doctor as soon as their child has missed something a chart says they should be doing. Childhood development is not an exact science. If little junior doesn’t hit a couple markers it’s probably not a big deal. In fact four of my five children have missed a few markers by months. Interestingly, they’ve hit a few markers a … Continue reading →

Wives Judging Wives

Last night was the tournament night for my Thursday night volleyball team. (Distinguished as such because I’m also on teams Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday nights. I was not exaggerating when I told Tristi I have a crazy passion for volleyball.) At any rate, tournament nights are long. Instead of playing one match against one team which lasts 45 minutes, we play four or five teams one game each. That means we’re there for three to four hours. The nice thing about tournament nights is all the socializing we get to do, both with other teams as well as our own. … Continue reading →

Creating House Rules for Your Boomerang Child

It’s far too easy when a child boomerangs to let them move back in and resume old roles. You’ll start to look after them, your spouse will ask them to kick around the ball or give them some handy cash if they need it. In the worst case of scenarios, your boomerang will start sleeping late, forgetting to pick up after his or herself and make demands on the menu and much more. Create House Rules We discussed some house rules you need to set up with your child in Are Your Boomerang Children at Home? but there are other … Continue reading →

Toddlers: Learning to Share the Stage

One thing the parent of a toddler knows is that their toddler wants to be center stage all the time. It can be difficult for them to share that spotlight with anyone else whether it’s the telephone, another child, a repairman or a guest in the home. You may notice that whenever you get on the phone or someone comes to the house that you need to talk to, your toddler suddenly becomes louder and constant in his or her demands and chatter. This is a particularly frustrating portion of toddlerhood and it’s one that every single parent has gone … Continue reading →

My Toddler Is Antisocial

We invited some friends over for a get-together over the weekend, we have three toddlers between us, but my son was really not friendly to these other babies and we spent more time separating and comforting them than we did getting to enjoy them playing together – what’s going on? Antisocial behavior is hardly strange or unusual in toddlers. In fact, socializing is one of the reasons we put toddlers together and let them learn how to act with each other. When you put a group of toddlers together, you are more likely to see a free-for-all than you are … Continue reading →