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for SAHMS Note: Reviews are excerpted from Amazon.com Staying Home: From Full-Time Professional to Full-Time Parent by Darcie Sanders & Martha M. Bullen
The Stay at Home Mom by Donna Otto.
How
to Raise a Family on Less Than Two Incomes : The Complete Guide to
Managing Your Money Better So You Can Spend More Time With Your Kids So You Want to be a Stay at Home Mom, by Cheryl Goshnauer
Stay-at-Home-Parent's
Survival Guide
What's a Smart Woman Like You Doing at Home? by Linda Burton, Janet Dittmer (Contributor), Cheri Loveless (Contributor)
AtHomeMother - Monthly magazine just for SAHMs. Subscription cost is $18/year. At-Home Mother covers wide variety of topics of interest to at-home mothers, including the following:
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 Parent's
Magazine - (Click on picture
to subscribe) This magazine is full of all sorts of parenting
topics. Parent' Magazine costs $12/year. Especially relevant
for pregnancy, parents of babies and toddlers. You can also visit www.parents.com
to see the on-line version.
There are lots of great sites out there for stay-at-home parents. Here are a few of the best:
Pampered
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This
practical guide helps women through the emotional transition from
working-world career to stay-at-home parent. Seasoned with plenty of
practical advice, this reassuring guide explores every facet of the
transition, from making the decision to feeling comfortable at home.
Addressing
the pros and cons of staying at home, The Stay-at-Home Mom offers
creative ideas and practical suggestions for making at-home motherhood a
workable alternative. With boundless enthusiasm for home and personal
organization, Donna Otto takes on the challenges and highlights of the
rewards of full-time motherhood.
Many
parents today believe that two steady incomes are not only desirable but
absolutely necessary in order to raise a family. Yet most full-time
working mothers say that if it weren't for the money, they would not work,
and instead would stay at home with their children. By combining
investment know-how with compassionate advice, Denise gives parents a
clear-cut strategy for controlling their money--from saving on food, to
creating a cash reserve, to learning how to retire on less than two
incomes. Packed with worksheets, detailed plans, and inspiring case
studies, Topolnicki's plan helps families set fun priorities while still
balancing the checkbook. Whether you want to leave work altogether or
continue part-time, this book is the key to freedom for millions of
families trapped on the working-parent treadmill.
Gochnauer
offers the most creative financial solutions seen anywhere on how to cut
costs in order to come home full-time. As her book clearly explains, she
trimmed over $1,000 from her monthly budget--over and above childcare
costs! The latter part of the book provides nitty-gritty guidance for
those crucial transition months following the jump from work to home.
Gochnauer's Christianity shows in her writing, just as any writer's world
view will be evident in his or her words. But no where does she assert
that the burgeoning stay-at-home mom movement is only for women of her
particular faith. If reading anything that contradicts your beliefs
offends you, skip this book. If you want the most current, practical, and
creative and help out there to help you come home to your little ones, get
this book.
Each
year thousands of parents, yearning for more time with their children, put
away their briefcases and laptops in favor of baby gear and Legos. Yet
being home with the kids all day isn't easy! Some of us need a little
extra help with the transition. The Stay-at-Home Parent Survival Guide not
only helps Moms and Dads survive the occasional stressful day--but also
inspires them with new ideas for indoor and outdoor activities, great
places to take the kids, starting a playgroup, building a support system,
and keeping connected in the adult community. Even if you're a parenting
pro, Stay-at-Home Parent Survival Guide is a useful resource that offers
unique ways to handle the day-to-day tasks of stay-at-home parenting, such
as helpful tips for finishing the housework with the kids underfoot, meal
and naptime strategies that work, skills for building a stronger marriage,
managing your time effectively, beating the stay-at-home blues, and
balancing household finances on a single income.
Finally,
a book for intelligent women who choose the challenging demands of staying
at home to raise a family - a choice that requires use of every instinct
and every ounce of intellect we possess! What's
A Smart Woman Like You Doing At Home? chronicles the real-life
struggle mothers face when giving up (or putting on hold) the career they
may have nurtured for years in order to nurture their children full-time
instead. Without knocking moms who do return to the work force, this
thoughtful book offers support and encouragement for new mothers who have
trouble adjusting to their new and very different lifestyle, experienced
mothers who need a "pick-me-up", and all mothers who have been
faced with the question - what IS a smart woman like you doing at home?
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