Balancing Work and Family When Working At Home

Remember the traditional home/work setting for the 1950’s? Dad usually went off to work and mom usually stayed home taking care of the housework and was present when the children came home from school. These days however, in order for a family to be financially stable, most times it is necessary for both parents to be earning an income. Oftentimes this necessity comes at a great cost: the children come home to an empty house and the mom is still expected to keep up the housework, childcare and her full-time job. Obviously this would be a tremendous strain on anyone. More