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03/05/2019
Got a College Grad In Your Basement?  Call the Den Mothers! Do you have a recent college graduate living in your basement? Is your child getting close to graduating from college with few or no job prospects on the horizon? Has your son or daughter "boomeranged" back to you after some time living on their own? If so, you are not alone... More >>

Tags: Internet-MediaJobTipsValuesWork from Home
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03/04/2019
Hanging Up My Ego The #1 biggest and hardest part about being a SAHM is that darned ego. I thought it would be easy to hang it up on the door because it would be replaced by buckets of warm fuzzies and the complete inner satisfaction that I am doing a job that know one can do better than me. More >>

Tags: CareerJobMotherhoodMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingRelativesSAHM stay-at-home momSibling rivalry
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02/28/2019
I Made It Happen! You Can Too Staying home with my kids was a priority for me. When my second child was born shortly after my first, I knew I didn't want to work anymore... More >>

Tags: JobParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomValues
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02/26/2019
The Lengths Some People Will Go to Sabotage A few years ago, I had to constantly deal with a bad apple in the workplace. This was before I earned the responsibility of manager/supervisor, only acting as a mere "lead admin" (which may have saved my job in the end, but I'll get to that). More >>

Tags: AttitudeBudgetJobWorkplace
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02/22/2019
Making The Impossible, Possible I've always heard you urging moms to be home with their children and raise them, but I never thought that was possible for me... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorJobStay-at-Home MomValues
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02/19/2019
There Is ALWAYS A Way When my husband and I were dating and talking about marriage, I said that after we married and were looking to buy a house, we would base the home price off his income only and not ours combined. That way, when we had kids, I could quit my full-time job to stay home with them and we could still afford the mortgage... More >>

Tags: Day CareJobParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomValues
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02/06/2019
My Most Important Job I was a school social worker prior to giving birth to our first son, and at the time, my husband and I planned for me to return to work and place our son in daycare... More >>

Tags: Day CareJobMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomValues
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02/04/2019
Everyone Benefits When Mom Is There During college, I earned my degree and became a pharmacist. When my daughter was born, I cut back to working three days a week. I had a hard time justifying leaving a career that I had only started a few years earlier, even though I knew in my heart I wanted to be with her... More >>

Tags: Day CareJobMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingValues
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01/26/2019
A Basic Business Lesson ...Congratulations on having the courage to strike out on your own. You have already conquered the first step to a successful business - getting lots of customers and keeping them happy. The good news is that you don't have to become an accountant or a lawyer to learn how to run your business. You just need to learn what to do, and when to do it... More >>

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01/11/2019
Stop Being Busy and Start Being Happy ...We brag to our friends about our 50-hour work weeks, our side gig we do at night, and how many extracurricular activities our children do. We think we're successful because we do what society tells us equates happiness but are we really happy... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorJobMental HealthStress
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