Work-at-Home Moms: Get the tripartite balance right in your home-based business
Home business owners come in every age, nationality, and description you can imagine. It’s easy to run a home business as a part-time occupation and this makes owning a home business attractive to all kinds of people, both men and women, from students to seniors. However, the largest category within this diverse group is made up of women, particularly stay-at-home mothers caring for young children. There are stay-at-home dads in evidence among home-based business owners, but they are outnumbered by the ranks of stay-at-home moms.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that this prevalence of housewives running their own home-based businesses stems from the fact that most women want to raise their children on their own, but also need to work on the side. less half time. to supplement the family budget. Rather than begrudgingly handing over the care of their precious children to strangers, these work-at-home moms have found ways to combine childcare and work for a living and are doing it under their own roofs.
Working from home while raising children is the perfect dream for many working mothers, and that dream can come true, but it doesn’t. just pastIt requires careful planning and organization. If unrealistic goals are set or the organization is lax, the perfect dream can quickly deteriorate into a nightmare scenario. Then the mom/home business owner, instead of having the best of both worlds, ends up harassed and frustrated and regretting her decision to start a home business.
The key to a successful home-based business and, at the same time, providing your children with the care they need, lies in planning that takes three elements into account. These elements are the needs of the child, the business requirements and the needs of the mother. Many work-at-home moms make provisions for the first two items, but don’t take their own needs into account. In order to achieve the perfect balance it is essential that the mother, when planning her daily routine, recognizes her own limitations as a human being and does not try to work a schedule that would stress even Superwoman.
Taking care of young children is stressful in itself, it is the biggest responsibility any of us can take on. Running a business can be stressful, especially when you’re first starting out. Add in the fact that most mothers put themselves last in any consideration, and the danger becomes obvious. In order to be successful, indeed to survive, any mother of young children thinking of starting a home-based business must make a realistic assessment of her personality and abilities early on. This will allow you to choose the right business, set achievable goals and formulate a sensible daily schedule.
If the work-at-home mom feels secure and able to cope with her dual role as home-based business owner and mom, she’ll be relaxed and happy. The children will pick up on the mother’s mood from her and, in turn, will feel safe and happy. A happy mood and relaxed environment will make children (even from a young age) more inclined to be cooperative and play independently while their mother continues her work. If children don’t feel like they have to compete with mom’s business for her attention, they won’t feel the need to behave in a nagging and demanding way: just knowing mom is there will be enough for them.
If the mother feels that she is doing everything possible for her children and for her business, she will not have to carry the negativity caused by feelings of guilt. She gets the three-way balance and being a work-at-home mom will be just like she dreamed it should be.