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Making Becoming A Work-at-home Mom Work For You
Unfortunately there is no perfect blending of domestic and office bliss. That simply isn't what happens in the real world. Instead, you can't seem to get anything done because your kids won't stop arguing. Your conference call has to come to an abrupt end when your youngest has a temper tantrum. And that cake never did get iced. Unfortunately, very few things are as easy as they first appear, escpecially when kids are involved. So how do successful women balance working from home and being a mother? And what are the pitfalls that they have learned to watch out for? One of the biggest challenges is scheduling time to actually get the work done. Some moms find that they have to hire a babysitter or a nanny to watch the kids so they can work without interruption. While this works in some instances, it is a costly solution that can severely reduce your earnings. Instead of hiring a babysitter, an older child may be able to watch the younger ones while you work. This, too, is not without its pitfalls. You will still be interrupted when arguments and disagreements arise between the siblings. Children aren't the only ones who will interrupt your work. If you have pets at home, you'll often be pulled away from your desk to tend to their needs as well. One mom who runs a lucrative business with on-line auctions quickly learned that her dog would go crazy whenever the delivery van would come to the house. She would have to settle down her dog down, who was barking loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss, while also having to deal with the delivery man and keep her children happy. But what can she do? Her children love that dog. And so does she. One solution to the problem of finding time to get the work done is to work at night when the kids are in bed. To do this, you will have to find a position that doesn't have set work hours, such as bookkeeping or a position with flexible customer service calls hours. At night, the house is usually quiet and interruptions are rare. However, in order for this to work, you need to be a person who doesn't require a lot of sleep or who can recharge with your children when they take their naps. Otherwise, you'll be drowsy and cranky the next day when you have to put in a full day of taking care of your children. Depending on the job performed, there are other pitfalls of working from home and being a mother. Pay can be low: sometimes work-at-home moms are not paid for their work. Sometimes employers find ways of rejecting the work claiming poor quality. Benefits such as health coverage and pension plans are scarce. But the work-at-home mom knows that those children she has raised can be counted on to take her in and car for her in her elder years. I saved the biggest pitfall of working from home to the last. And that's pitfall of no adult contact. You don't get to spend time at the water cooler chatting with coworkers about office gossip, last night's television shows, or life in general. Your day is spent solely with your children, the bugs they found outside, that annoying kid's shows, and your children's sticky candy kisses. Fortunately, it's a pitfall many moms welcome. -->
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