Being a work at home parent can afford you great flexibility. Your daughter’s class needs a parent chaperone on the field trip? Sure, you can do it, and you don’t even have to have the boss approve your day off. You want to take your toddler to library story hour? No problem. However, this flexibility… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Melissa Batai
Hey Suze, Telling Mom to Get a Job Won’t Help This Family
Editor’s note…my wife and I dealt with a similar situation to the one Melissa describes below and we ended up becoming a single income family when we realized nearly her entire salary would be going to daycare. I wrote a guest post on Consumerism Commentary where I discussed the issue of whether or not you… Continue Reading
Tax Day Freebies and Discounts
If you’re owed a refund, nothing beats filing your taxes and waiting for that refund. During the 10 days you’re waiting for your deposit, you’ll likely think of several things you can do with the extra money. What a nice problem to have, especially if you have a few thousand dollars coming back to you.… Continue Reading
Who Needs Toys and Clothes? Give a Child the Gift of an Investment
If you’re a parent of young kids, do your children have one designated play area where all their toys are stored, or do you have toys in several different places in the house? I’m guessing it is the latter. We have 3 kids ranging in age from 8 to 2, and they have toys all… Continue Reading
How to Avoid Feeling Isolated and Lonely When Working from Home
Many people dream of a day when they can work for themselves and do that work from home. If you’re a parent who wants to combine both caring for your child and having a career, working from home may seem to be the best of both worlds, even if you do have to juggle finding… Continue Reading
Could You Survive Without a Television? Would You?
We Americans love our televisions. Television programming is not just a way to educate and entertain our youngsters, it also serves as a way for us adults to relax. In most homes, televisions are the focal point of the living room, and in recent years, the bigger the television the better as 42 inch (or… Continue Reading
Increase Your Income by Getting a Side Gig
Recent economic events have taught many that relying on one income is fool hardy. Even if you think your job is secure, unforeseen events can rock that job security. Where are you without your full-time income? If you’d lose all of your income if you lost your primary job, it may be time to start… Continue Reading
5 Ways to Work From Home with Young Children
While more and more parents are making the decision to stay home and care for their children while the kids are young, such a decision is not made lightly. Living off one income in today’s economy can be tricky at best, impossible at worst. The stay at home parent can ease the financial strain by… Continue Reading
Think Eating Healthy Is Expensive? Think Again
There’s a myth in this country that eating healthy is expensive as is getting in shape. However, just as there are low cost alternatives to joining a gym to get in shape, there are also low cost ways to eat healthy on a budget. But first, let’s dispel the myth that eating healthy is expensive. … Continue Reading
4 Exercise Alternatives to Joining the Gym
How have you been doing with your New Year resolutions? The new year is a time when millions of people swear off their bad ways. No more junk food, no more lack of exercise. This is the year you will eat healthy and get in shape. At least, that is what many people tell themselves. … Continue Reading
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