Work from Home Jobs for Mom

Work from home jobs for mom

Work from Home Jobs: Tips & Opportunities

by Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of FlexJobs

Now more than ever, professional jobs are hiring that moms can do from home! Positions run across the board, including everything from administrative assistants all the way on up to CEOs. The fact of the matter is that allowing the option to work from home actually saves companies money, from overhead to real estate, but also from less employee turn over! Working from home does take discipline but removing the time it takes to drive to work during traffic hours alone saves several hours a week. With more and more small to large companies (IBM, AT&T, United Health Group, Cisco, etc.) jumping on board, the big question remains – how do you find the positions?

Don’t just ignore your troubled teen!

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Keep talking to your troubled teen about their behavior — Don’t give up!

 

by Darlene McKenna, author of The Change

Is your teenage daughter or son just going through the normal stuff, or is it more?  Do they listen to you when they do something wrong, or do they simply repeat the bad behavior?  Are they staying out all night or not even coming home?  Do you even know where they are?   As a parent, do you find yourself tired and sick of all the battles?  Have you just had enough and do you find yourself ignoring your troubled teenager?

As a former troubled teen, I would like to share some insight on this question. I became difficult and I never listened to my mom.  It started with small stuff, like getting into fights and stealing things from her.  Before you knew it, I was out all night around a fire pit drinking.  Even the kids that I was hanging out with would say, “Darlene, you fell flat on your face last night.  Maybe you shouldn’t drink as much tonight.”  I didn’t care, and I would just go get another beer.

Why was I drinking so much?  I was listening to a negative voice in my head that I now refer to as the “bad guy.”  The bad guy would begin to whisper things in my head, like “Why are you such a loser?  Everyone has a boyfriend, except for you.  No one likes you.  Everyone is prettier than you.”  I was tough and I tried to ignore the voice.  My goal was to be cool and I knew I needed a boyfriend!

Need Lunch Box Ideas? Tips for Fast, Fun, Healthy Lunch-to-Go

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Brown Bag Lunch Ideas

It was a tragic lesson in the risks of consuming a fast-food, sugary diet….

Dr. Mona Meighan’s normally punctual 26-year-old son, Luke, did not show up for work one morning in 2009. A concerned co-worker stopped by Luke’s apartment and found the young man dead in his bed. An autopsy determined he died from complications of undiagnosed diabetes.

“For seven years, through college and into his work life, Luke lived on pizza and fast foods, sodas and sweet desserts,” says Meighan, an education consultant and author of What Are You Doing for Lunch?: A Friendly Guide to Brown Bagging as a Better Way to Lunch (www.whatareyoudoingforlunch.com).

“Since we have no diabetes in our family, I can only believe Luke’s diet contributed to his death. Too often, young people aren’t aware of how food affects their health. As an educator, I thought the best way to remember Luke was to give people the tools to change their lunch habits. By brown-bagging, you can avoid a lot of processed foods loaded with calories and carbohydrates. It’s healthier – and less expensive!”