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How Working Parents Can Balance Holidays and Work

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Many working parents find it difficult to balance holidays and work, but today we’ll show you the easiest way to enjoy this season with your family. While you may have to work during the holiday break, you can take part in family activities on the weekends and other moments during the holidays. Below are some tips to help you better balance being a working parent during the … [Read more...] about How Working Parents Can Balance Holidays and Work

Tips to Ease Children’s Separation Anxiety

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Separation anxiety can occur in all children. You may have a child who did well throughout their life and then hit tween years and suffer from separation anxiety. While most issues of separation anxiety occur earlier on in life, there’s a slight chance your child may suffer later on from this symptom when life changes abruptly. For example, you may be working more … [Read more...] about Tips to Ease Children’s Separation Anxiety

How to Adjust Working Remotely With Kids

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Many parents are now being forced to transition into remote working positions. While most places have opened up for working at the office, businesses everywhere have found value in hiring remote workers. That’s why we wanted to feature some tips to help you adjust to working remotely with kids. Whether you have kids home to do remote learning or the kids are home for summer … [Read more...] about How to Adjust Working Remotely With Kids

Working Mom Guide to Maximizing the Weekend

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As a working mom, you know all too well that the weekend flies right by. Today we wanted to help you with maximizing your weekend. The time on the weekend can be used to enjoy the life you work hard to support. We just have to share some of the best tips and tricks that will help any working mom maximize their time during the weekend. Below you’ll find our tried and true … [Read more...] about Working Mom Guide to Maximizing the Weekend

How to Delegate Chores to Teens

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When your children reach the lovely age of teenage life it’s time to figure out how they can start helping around the home. Learning new ways to delegate chores to teens is a simple way to curb mom burnout, teach important life skills, and get your family working together. Delegating chores to teens will go without much fuss if you’ve already had a household where kids … [Read more...] about How to Delegate Chores to Teens

Juggling Work at Home and Homeschooling

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Many parents have to handle the juggling of work at home and homeschooling. This option to help provide your children with a solid education all the while earning an income from home is a fabulous way to get some freedom in your life. With that being said, working from home and homeschooling your children provides a higher need for focus, scheduling, and productivity than … [Read more...] about Juggling Work at Home and Homeschooling

Ways to Make Time for Yourself as a Working Mom

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Being a working mom makes it harder to find time for yourself. You’re’ already juggling so many things! You need to make time for the kids, your partner, household chores, and everything else, so how in the world will it be possible to make time for self-care? We’re here to tell you that it is possible to be a working mom and find time for yourself. We’re going to lay down … [Read more...] about Ways to Make Time for Yourself as a Working Mom

How to Free Yourself of Mom Guilt

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Every mom has experienced this guilt that they’re doing something right or not doing enough throughout their journey with motherhood. This feeling is referred to as mom guilt. Mom guilt comes in many forms but the overall feeling is that of anxiety and fear. It’s hard to not question your decisions as a parent as you navigate the difficult season of motherhood. From birth … [Read more...] about How to Free Yourself of Mom Guilt

Pros and Cons of Both Parents Working

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Many people talk about working moms or working dads but rarely do they discuss what the pros and cons are when both parents work. Today we’re diving into this topic to help you see the pros and cons of having a household where both parents work outside of the home, while the kids attend daycare or stay home alone. There are many pros and cons of both parents work. The most … [Read more...] about Pros and Cons of Both Parents Working

How to Find a Great Babysitter

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One of the hardest decisions you’ll face as a parent is finding a great babysitter! You might need to hire a babysitter while you work or maybe you’ll need a babysitter for a night out. Whatever the reasons you have for looking for a great babysitter, we have some tips to help you find the right person. If you don’t have a family member or close friend to watch the kids for … [Read more...] about How to Find a Great Babysitter

Effects of Working Parents on Child’s Development

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Parents play an important role in molding the development of their children. Everything from parents’ personality, behavior, communication efforts, and work ethic will play a role in how the child grows up in this world. Since many households have to have two working parents, be it outside of the home or inside of the home, it’s vital that we visit and discuss the topic of … [Read more...] about Effects of Working Parents on Child’s Development

Best Jobs for Working Parents

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There are many jobs available for parents who need to work but want time for family. Today we’re going to dive into the topic of the best jobs for working parents. Each of these jobs are options for a parent who desires the best of both worlds; working and family. When applying for a job, as a parent, you must understand what your schedule will allow, and how the job will … [Read more...] about Best Jobs for Working Parents

How To Balance Mother Life and Work

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When you have young kids at home but you have to work to make a living, it's hard to find balance. If you ask working mothers all over the world what's the one area they struggle with the most, they'll more than likely answer "balancing mother life and work". This is because it's not easy to do! The thing is that when it comes to balancing work and parenthood, it may be more … [Read more...] about How To Balance Mother Life and Work

Working Parents: Does Your Schedule Reflect Your Values?

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When it comes to being a working parent, we wonder if your work schedule reflects your values? Perhaps you work a 9 to 5 job and that works for your other family values. Some working parents have found that they're working overtime for endless hours and missing out on the family time they truly need in their life. When it comes to being a working parent, it's all about … [Read more...] about Working Parents: Does Your Schedule Reflect Your Values?

How to Make Distance Learning Easier on Family

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Now that we’re well into the 2020 school season, many families have had to adapt to distance learning for their kids. Some schools are in session in a traditional way, such as kids going to school five days a week but with social distancing and mask requirements. Some kids are going to school in-person part-time with other days being distance learning. Then there are other … [Read more...] about How to Make Distance Learning Easier on Family

The Pros and Cons of Being a Work at Home Parent

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Working from home can feel like a rollercoaster ride at times. You’ll have some excellent days and then other days where the kids seem to want everything from you. These days more parents are finding that they have to switch to work at home due to restrictions at their workplace or in their state. Whether you’re new to working from home or experienced with the work at home … [Read more...] about The Pros and Cons of Being a Work at Home Parent

How to Balance Work at Home and Kids

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The struggle to juggle kids and work is so hard! When you bring that work into your home, it’s even more difficult. Many work at home parents struggle with finding the perfect balance to get work done so they can pay the bills but also pay attention to their kids so they don’t miss out on their kids’ experiences. Today we’re going to dive into the topic of balance with work … [Read more...] about How to Balance Work at Home and Kids

Should You Pay Your Teen to Babysit Siblings?

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When you’re the working parent of multiple children there will come a time when your oldest child is ready to babysit their siblings. Each state and region has a set of rules that govern what age a child can be left home alone and when they can be left home alone to babysit their siblings. Whether you abide by the rules set forth of your state or you simply feel your … [Read more...] about Should You Pay Your Teen to Babysit Siblings?

The Best Jobs for Working Moms

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There are more working moms now than ever before. Working moms are women who have children but opt to continue with their career goals by putting their children in daycare or some sort of family care while they venture out into the world to work at their job. Having a job is a way for working moms to provide for their families, and many households require a two-income … [Read more...] about The Best Jobs for Working Moms

Advice for Working Moms Making Kids’ Back to School Decision

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The decision to send kids back to a traditional school or not has been weighing on the minds of working parents everywhere. The decision becomes even more difficult if you have younger children. It seems most working moms have opted to let their older children make this decision on their own, but can younger children really make this difficult choice? Today we’re going to … [Read more...] about Advice for Working Moms Making Kids’ Back to School Decision

Tips to Master Being a Single Working Mom

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So you’re out there in the world as a single mom trying to survive. The current times have made life even harder for you. The difficulties of trying to continue being a single working mom all the while daycares are closed down, schools are doing hybrid or distance learning and you’re left wondering how your world will ever be the same again. These are just a few of the … [Read more...] about Tips to Master Being a Single Working Mom

Tips to Free Yourself from Working Mom Guilt

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As a working mom, you’ve probably felt guilt over missing moments in your kids’ lives due to work hours. Maybe you feel like you’re not around enough or you’re missing the important moments you should be there for. Well, you’re not the only one that experiences this guilt. It’s called working mom guilt, and it’s a heavy burden to carry. Especially as your child ages and this … [Read more...] about Tips to Free Yourself from Working Mom Guilt

How to Juggle Remote Work and Family

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Many parents still have to work remotely due to the pandemic. With back to school season arriving, many children are forced to partake in remote education. This means more and more families are spending hours at home both working and learning. With this new environment in the family home, you must learn new ways to juggle remote work and family. You may need to create a … [Read more...] about How to Juggle Remote Work and Family

Could The Pandemic Scar this Generation of Working Parents?

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A whole generation of working parents had their life turned upside down due to the pandemic. The pandemic shutdown made it so many parents had to return home to either be remote workers or be a full-time parent for the first time in their life. This may have resulted in the scarring of a generation of working parents all over the world, and today we’re going to discuss this … [Read more...] about Could The Pandemic Scar this Generation of Working Parents?

33+ Amateur Engineers Who Totally Fixed Things

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Sometimes, the universe likes to throw random challenges our way. Making the best out of a bad situation can be pretty difficult, but if you have amazing engineering skills and a boundless pool of creativity, there’s nothing you can’t do. Case in point, these 50 engineers who fashioned makeshift solutions to make the best out of the worst situations. Secure Storage … [Read more...] about 33+ Amateur Engineers Who Totally Fixed Things