What do Stay at Home mom's need?
August 3, 2006 1:05 PM Subscribe
What do Stay At Home Mom's need?
As a stay at home mom myself, I know how difficult it can be to transition from a outside workplace environment to raising children All Day Long. I would like to earn some extra money, but more than that, I want to do something that will improve the quality of life for mom's. What can I do that would make a mom's life easier?
As a stay at home mom myself, I know how difficult it can be to transition from a outside workplace environment to raising children All Day Long. I would like to earn some extra money, but more than that, I want to do something that will improve the quality of life for mom's. What can I do that would make a mom's life easier?
Maybe running a diaper service out of your home could be an option if there aren't any in your area?
posted by mezzanayne at 1:16 PM on August 3, 2006
posted by mezzanayne at 1:16 PM on August 3, 2006
Start a Mom's club. If there's not one in your area already, start one up. Coordinate outings, walks, playgroups, etc. Stay at home moms need to get out of the house. At least my wife did.
posted by pmbuko at 1:19 PM on August 3, 2006
posted by pmbuko at 1:19 PM on August 3, 2006
I second pmbuko. My wife's Number One Complaint while on maternity leave was not having an adult to talk to. I don't know how much money there is in it, but can you put a price on sanity?
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 1:25 PM on August 3, 2006
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 1:25 PM on August 3, 2006
Babysitters?
No, seriously. It's easy enough to find one for evening and weekend use, but it's a pain to find one to watch your kids while you go to the dentist at 10AM on a Tuesday.
I usually swap with friends, but that hasn't always been an option. Having a network of daytime, random use babysitters, or maybe having a babysitting cooperative that I didn't have to organize myself, would be great. Or maybe a drop-in daycare? There are surely not enough of those around.
posted by padraigin at 1:50 PM on August 3, 2006
No, seriously. It's easy enough to find one for evening and weekend use, but it's a pain to find one to watch your kids while you go to the dentist at 10AM on a Tuesday.
I usually swap with friends, but that hasn't always been an option. Having a network of daytime, random use babysitters, or maybe having a babysitting cooperative that I didn't have to organize myself, would be great. Or maybe a drop-in daycare? There are surely not enough of those around.
posted by padraigin at 1:50 PM on August 3, 2006
A former neighbor was a stay at home mom. She was always on the lookout for babysitters. Every time I spoke to her, she was looking for babysitters, interviewing babysitters, trying out new babysitters. She was a stay at home mom, her husband worked from home. Aren't they built-in babysitters?
posted by necessitas at 1:51 PM on August 3, 2006
posted by necessitas at 1:51 PM on August 3, 2006
Babysitting. A person who spends nearly 100% of their waking hours caring for children wants nothing more badly than some time without caring for children.
posted by majick at 3:09 PM on August 3, 2006
posted by majick at 3:09 PM on August 3, 2006
A rotating playgroup? We have an older woman in the neighborhood that watches between 4 to 8 kids a few times a week. She charges five bucks an hour per kid, but you have to also agree to host the playgroups at your house occasionally.
posted by bibliowench at 4:22 PM on August 3, 2006
posted by bibliowench at 4:22 PM on August 3, 2006
they need a manual for stay-at-home moms, like "stay-at-home-mom hacks", or O'Reilly for Moms, "stay-at-home-moms for dummies", stuff like that. write it, you'll make a lot of money
posted by matteo at 5:35 PM on August 3, 2006
posted by matteo at 5:35 PM on August 3, 2006
Something like this would be great. Would that clubs of this sort existed everywhere.
posted by Dreama at 8:50 PM on August 3, 2006
posted by Dreama at 8:50 PM on August 3, 2006
Something like this (above)-- Racine Family Club, is something any SAHM can start. I did it, and I promise that with a few friends and a lot of hard work, some decent PR, it can be done. It's a collaborative effort that runs itself once you have enough parents in your area that are interested. If you have any questions on how to start one yourself, contact me, I'm happy to help.
posted by Jada2929 at 7:53 PM on August 5, 2006
posted by Jada2929 at 7:53 PM on August 5, 2006
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