Stay At Home Mom on Shine

Hail the Breadwinner: Praise for Working Parents from a Stay-At-Home Dad

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By Aaron Traister

I never realized how hard working dads have it until I was forced to confront my wife about her performance in the traditionally male role of the breadwinning parent. On a recent evening, after the kids had gone to bed, I hunkered down for a…

Balancing Act

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Working moms have many hats they wear, stay at home moms do to. Where is my hat rack once in a while? Some days I am "mommy" & some days I don't want to be for just a few minutes. Some days I am an employee & some days I don't want to be. I am not saying I regret…

Mom confessions: I wish I had a fulfilling career outside the home

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It's time for a Mom Confession — because, let's face it, we're real mothers and sometimes it doesn't work the way the parenting books say it should.

This Week's Confession:

I wish I had a…

Role Reversal: My Husband's Struggle as a Stay-At-Home Dad

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By Sasha Brown-Worsham I have long been convinced my husband was the superior parent.

His patience is more extensive, his stamina — for "one more" reading of Olivia or…

What is a Mom's Work Worth?

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A new report adds up the many jobs of a mother's day for a year's total salary...and says we should cut mom a check for $122,732.

Just in time for Mother's…

Help. Mother of four, including severely disabled child, trying to get back to work

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My iRelaunch co-founder Carol and I recently received the following e-mail: ”Hi. Thanks for taking my e-mail. I'm 37, and I've been a stay-at-home mom for 13 years. I tried working when my two oldest children were young, but because I have no family to help when the kids are sick (my husband works) I've been unable to keep a job. In addition to the two older kids, we have a child who isn't in school yet and a 5 year old with a severe disability, Angelman Syndrome http://www.angelman.org/ who is sick a lot and has seizures. I've found that no one wants to hire me even for a night position because of my family. I assume it's also because I've been out of the workforce for so long.

Whatever happened to the Homemaker?

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I received an email yesterday from a friend that he had shared my blog with some of his Facebook friends, whom he thought might be interested in what I have to say. His description of one of those friends got me to thinking. He said that she described herself as a homemaker.…

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Hi! My name is Karen, 41, and live in North Carolina. I am a stay-at-home Mom, of a 8 year old son, who was diagnosed with high-functioning autism. He is in public school in a self-contained classroom, but main-streams in a typical 2nd grade classroom for a hour a day. He is very...