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Tips for Boosting Your Child’s Self Esteem

September 29, 2008 By

This article was written by Guest Blogger Aurelia Williams from Real Life Guidance.

It’s not easy being a kid these days. Everyday they face challenges by their peers and their self-esteemindia might suffer. The pressures of wearing certain clothes, fitting in with cliques, and saying the right thing are overwhelming.

Parents need to be involved in their child’s life in order to see signs of low self-esteem. Taking immediate action can mean the difference between your child heading into depression or rising above the pressures. Here are some ways to help raise the self-esteem of your child:

Be proud of them and don’t be afraid to show it.

No matter what your child’s accomplishment, let your child know that you are proud of them. Whether their achievement is academic or social, tell them how impressed you are and brag about their accomplishments to family and friends, preferably when they can hear.
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Tips and Insight for Life as a SAHM

July 28, 2008 By

This article was written by Guest Blogger Patricia Garza of Little Bytes News.

Are you planning to stay at home when you have kids? Are you new to the stay at home lifestyle? Here is some insight into what it is like and some ways to stay sane.

I started staying at home when I was around 6 mos pregnant with our first son. My husband and I discussed this prior to getting married as well. I had always wanted to stay at home with my kids since my mom did. He also likes the idea.

While some days can seem boring, I keep pretty busy between nursing my youngest and playing referee between him and my older son. I have 4 year old and 15 mos old sons who are both full of energy and very demanding all day long!

In between caring for my kids, I also try to work on my web sites and promote my businesses where I can. Unfortunately, I am pretty limited to my time online so this has become a challenge with two kids. [Read more...]

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Stay at Home Moms: Turn Your Knowledge Into Extra Money

June 16, 2008 By

Did you know that internet marketers need your first-hand experience — and may be willing to pay you for writing simple articles about it?

That’s right. Other moms are earning money for writing about their favorite topics and their life experience. These moms are called ghostwriters. If you enjoy writing, you too can be paid to write from home, with your little ones right there beside you.

This brief glimpse into the world of ghostwriting will help you determine whether this home based career may be a good fit for you.

A Career for Moms, With or Without a Degree

The main requirement for being a great ghostwriter is that you enjoy writing. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been paid to write in the past, and you do not need a degree.

You will, however, need some guidance to get started. An inexpensive guide to ghostwriting can walk you step by step into your new career. To help you earn money more quickly, be sure your course or guide includes a forum so you can have your questions answered by seasoned ghostwriters.

Internet Marketers Need Your Knowledge and Skills

Right now, there’s a huge market for great ghostwriters online. As more and more internet marketers set up shop online, the demand for great ghostwriters increases as well.

You see, internet marketers are happy to pay others to write for them. It saves them time and energy. It frees them up to work on other important projects, because you’re taking care of writing the content they need.

You may be asked to write articles, or even ebooks or reports. You can choose what you’re comfortable with.

Share Your Experience, and Get Paid For It

You can specialize in writing for a niche you may know and love. Actually, it’s more profitable for you if you specialize. This will make you a valuable writer. It will also allow you to price yourself well.

You may not realize it, but you are already an expert. As a stay at home mom, you specialize in children. Parenting. Getting kids to eat healthy (and enjoying it!) Family finance, because you’ve learned to get by on much less.

You may have gained special knowledge from personal challenges like attention deficit disorder, or how to stop other kids from bullying your kids. Any of these topics are likely near and dear to your heart.

Now it’s up to you to let your light shine — and be paid to share your gifts with those who need them.

Article by: Do you want to learn more about ghostwriting as a home based business? I’ve put together a free report on ghostwriting for profit, ‘Ghostwriting as a Career for Introverts.’ Darlene Arechederra shares fun and unique career ideas with moms who want to earn extra money from home.

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Local Libraries Plan Summer Activities For Kids

June 9, 2008 By

We’re on the official countdown of the last two weeks of school, which means this mom is scrambling to get activities, playdates, and camp schedules finalized! In years past I have been caught off guard by the whining moans of, “Mom! I’m Bored!” and I refuse to fall victim to it again!

For some reason I always forget to check out the activities at our local library. I get spoiled during the school year because my kids go to the school library at least twice a week. But local libraries are a fabulous source of inexpensive yet fun activities for kids of all ages.

Last summer our library kicked off the summer reading program with a magic show. The show itself wasn’t long enough (even I didn’t want to leave!) but it was really fast-paced with pumped-up music and it left the entire audience wondering, “How did he do that?” And to be just 4 feet away from the magic was truly an experience.

Most libraries have a summer reading program in place, which helps keep kids interested in reading and gives them rewards for reaching certain goals. Natural born readers will delight in browsing the shelves, looking for new titles, and those who struggle a bit will enjoy the recognition and reward for having challenged themselves with their summer reading. Whether the kids read one book or 30, the goal is to keep them reading and enjoying the process.

Toddlers and preschoolers can often participate in story times at the library. These are short sessions, based on age, where a few books are read, sometimes along with a quick craft or dancing. This is a great, low-stress way for young kids to interact and socialize with other children and may prevent or diminish any separation anxiety they may have entering preschool.

If you need some rainy day activities, check out the library for video and CD rentals. This is a very inexpensive way to see a new movie or to listen to a different type of music. Experiment with your kids and see if they like dancing to opera or Broadway show tunes.

Middle schoolers or high schoolers may find a book club that meets during the summer at the library. Very often these students have assigned summer reading and getting together with other students can help them understand the finer points of the books.

Your local library is a fantastic, low-cost resource for summer fun. Cool off from the heat by escaping into the book world of make believe.

Become a kid again and rediscover the meaning of fun! Get 8 weeks of themed activities to do with your elementary school child.

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Stay At Home Moms – Scam or Legit Business Opportunities?

June 2, 2008 By

I know that being a stay at home mom can be a very tough job (and one that doesn’t pay money). With food and gas prices on the rise, it’s almost impossible for a family to survive on one income. So what is a family to do in a situation like this?

Both parents can take turns watching the children while the other one is working, or you can hire a nanny (this can be very costly) or put the children in daycare (this can be very scary). Many moms are saying “NO” to both these ideas and are searching for ways to make money in the comfort of their own homes. This is not a bad idea. By doing this, they are saving money on child care costs, and they are making money to help pay for food and gas (and diapers, formula, clothes, etc…)

However, stay at home moms are the biggest prey for work at home scams. Moms are known to quickly dish out money for work at home “opportunities” like, stuffing envelopes, data entry, typing from home, or buying work at home packets because they are so desperate to find a way of making money from home.

For instance, you will find moms that will pay for work at home packets. They may have received an email about a work at home position, and it tells them to go to a particular website and purchase a work at home packet. They spend, may be $60.00 for this information, only to find out that it is just a directory of other companies “supposedly” hiring for work at home positions.

Now, what is even more shocking, is the fact that there are moms that fall for these scams daily, but then when something legitimate comes their way, they say it’s a “scam.” I urge ALL moms to stay away from the following:

*Work from home positions like data entry, typing, and envelope stuffing that requires you to pay a fee

*People who entice you to buy a “packet of information”

*People portraying to be a company but refuse to give a legit name and phone number

*Work at home directories and most membership sites

I hope this article helps all of you stay at home moms. I know it can be tough to weed out all the scams from the legit business opportunities, but please take my information to heart and you will NOT get scammed.

About the Author: Hillary Patz is an internet marketing guru with a desire to help people find success through BTTW. To learn more about Hillary Patz and her team of Marketing Mentors Click Here

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