What do Your Kids Do While You Work at Home?
If you work at home and have kids than you are probably in the same shape as me. Trying to find ways to keep them entertained and busy while you try to work. During the winter months my older kids are in school, but I still have a little one at home.
If you have small kids you can do like I do , and have the office in the same room as their play room. This will only be like this for a while . This really helps both of us. Now that he is 1 year old he loves me being there and I can work away. He just like the thought of me being in the same room as him while he plays.
If you have toddlers and older kids you might try some of these ideas :
Set them up a art/craft area. Make sure it is where a mess will not matter and that it is safe. Keep alot a coloring books around.
Check out yard sales and thrift stores for cheap toys. So they always have something different to play with.
When my daughter was little I set her up a “dressing room” in her bedroom and had alot of yard sale clothes and jewelry etc . She would play dress-up for hours!
Set them up a table with a challenging puzzle.
Keep educational and kids movies on hand for them to watch.
With older kids you can allow them to play video games. My son is 14 and plays some video games. He has found the internet to be more fun, so we have to fight over who can get on and when.
You might want to check out summer camps and Vacation Bible School. This might give you a few hours a day to get some work done. It usually does not last too many weeks ,but you could schedule some of your very important stuff that needs done for that week of the camp.
If you use your noggin and think like a kid than you should be able to keep them entertained for a while so you can get some work done at home. Making the decision to work at home is a family affair ,but you should not neglet your family to do it. If your family sees that it will not take any time from them and that you still care about what they are doing while you work than everything should fall into place. You will soon be on your way to a successful home based business.
For successful home based business, online websites are the best source of effective business solutions. You can keep your skills up to date and can now easily earn money home by using online resources. Internet is the best source to materialize your skills while youíre staying home. Different online home business e.g. consultancy are getting common among households. The self-employed moms are required to have some entertainment stuff for their kids, especially if they desired to do work at home. Proper time management is the key to success for your home business.
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Great suggestions! I have a four-year-old daughter, and setting up a puzzle works very well. She is also at the stage where she likes educational computer games - I get them at Half-Price Books or other discount stores.
I love the dress-up idea, and I’m quite sure my daughter would love it too!
Hope you don’t mind that a work at home dad has landed on your blog
Thanks for the great post!
Lee
Good advice…this is a challenge for me too as a WAHM.
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Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe :)) new useful posts from you!
Good luck and successes in blogging!
Good topic and blog. Very useful for WAHMs. Keeping the kids busy and entertained can be CHALLENGING as a WAHM!
I see that you’re back up to your same lies Dawn - spamming the internet for Marge. YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE KIDS! You’re still the same psychotic nut case.