When you first plan on staying home with your children, the first thing you do is take a look to see if you can afford it. You cut back on cable TV, buy older cars, lose retirement benefits… Whoops! Most families forget about what being a stay-at-home mom or...
Many families are deeply worried about the current economy. It’s riskier than usual to rely on a single income. Is it still smart to be a stay at home mom if you aren’t certain that your husband’s job will last? This is a deeply personal decision, and there are...
Sometimes money issues get in the way of being a strict stay at home mom. You have to find ways to bring in more money. Sometimes that means taking on a job outside the home while your husband is home with the kids in the evenings. Does that make...
“Mom Wars.” You have no idea how much I hate that term. It sounds like we moms have nothing better to do than to fight about who’s doing it right, stay at home or work outside the home moms. I’ve never felt one was inherently superior to the other....