I truly believe that moms at home can find success making money online!

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This was such an interesting post that the first time I read it I could have written a book in response! It raises so many interesting points.

I suppose the first thing to say is that it’s sad that you, your brothers, and your mother had this experience, it must have been tough on all of you. Things that happen while you are growing up have a big and long-lasting affect on you. My Father’s ill-health and early retirement on health grounds when I was in my teens resulted in me not going to college and instead starting work at the age of 16 (because I was happier contributing to our family budget than taking out of it).

I think that once you have children you enter a time on your life when it is very hard to get the balance between home and work right (I would almost say that it is impossible). Whatever you decide to do you will always find yourself (or others) questioning it.

My wife and I have tried various things over the years (my eldest child is now 13) from both of us working full-time (very stressful) to my wife staying at home and me working 4 days/week (I think this one was my favorite!). Currently I work full-time and my wife works some evenings/weekends providing lessons for mums-to-be. It has the advantage that we don’t have to pay anything for childcare, but it does mean that we don’t get to see each other as much.

On the subject of your Dad declaring bankruptcy, I have written a related post on what the consequences of your partner declaring bankruptcy that might be of interest to your readers. It is written with UK-law in mind, but there are probably some points of general interest.

Thanks again for the interesting post.

Neil

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I’m just saying to keep the options open – build and trust your partner for sure, but keep that 1% of your pie in the background keeping your skills honed. Why wouldn’t you want to mitigate any risk you can. It’s sad and very unethical, but I think might be worth it if you ever have to use it. If not, well, you learned something along the way and you have a wonderful spouse.

@Adam – So says the Population Reference Bureau – it’s definitely a change from how I grew up for sure, but times are a changin’ they say!

@ Benjamin – agreed that the tone was a little rough, but at the same time, I was trying to drive the point home that not every family can be “The Brady Bunch”. I wish it were so, but I think Donna hit on it pretty straight in saying that it DOES happen these days – albeit much less than everyone would want, but devoting a small amount of time to keeping up with your profession may pay off big in the end.

@Donna Freedman – Thanks for stopping by and chiming in! Like I said above, it’s a tough road to haul for sure with marriage, and a huge kudos to those that can stick with it until the end. Good point about the sudden death as well, it may not just be a cheating or dishonest spouse, it may just be a natural death and you’re still in the same situation with nothing left and rebuilding your repertoire for the work force.

For all of the stay at home parents, don’t let your job skills lapse should you decide to stay home with your kids because your spouse might abandon you and your family!

I can here it know:

“Honey, why are you taking that online computer class?”

“Well, dear. I want to make sure that my job skills are current in the event that you abandon me and the kids!”

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