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Why I’m at Home

A little while ago I started a firestorm when I wrote about planning my daughter’s future–and how we should consider a career choice that would make it easier to stay home with kids, should she choose...

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Reader Question: My Husband Thinks the Kids Are All My Job

Every weekend I like to post a question someone sends in and let you readers have a go at it. This week’s question comes from a homemaker, who wants a better balance in the division of labor with her...

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How to Make Money as a SAHM

A while back we had a long conversation on this blog about the cost of working. If you’ve got little kids, we asked, and you have to pay for childcare, then does working outside the home even...

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You Are Enough for Your Little Ones

When my children were babies we were living in downtown Toronto. My husband was a resident at the Hospital for Sick Children, and we were surrounded by high powered individuals. All of the other...

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Home Alone America

Does it matter that most kids today are home alone for a time–and don’t have parents home to supervise? My blogging friend Terry wrote a series of posts a while back on why she came to see the world...

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10 Ways to Banish the Stay-at-Home Mom Blues

Are the Stay-at-Home Mom Blues inevitable? I have always been a stay at home mom, but if you judge by the comments of many, I have the personality of a pea. If you’re a stay at home parent, you know...

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When Being a Mom, or Just Plain Running Your Home, Overwhelms You

So many of us find homemaking–just plain doing life at home–overwhelming. We spend out lives putting out fires, cleaning up messes, and we wonder if we’re even getting ahead. If life is always chaotic,...

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Reader question: Do Stay at Home Moms Have To Do All The Housework?

When it comes to splitting household chores, does the wife really have to do all the housework if she stays at home? Every Monday I like to try to answer a Reader Question, and today I’ve got two quite...

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How to Make Money as a SAHM

A while back we had a long conversation on this blog about the cost of working. If you’ve got little kids, we asked, and you have to pay for childcare, then does working outside the home even...

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You Are Enough for Your Little Ones

When my children were babies we were living in downtown Toronto. My husband was a resident at the Hospital for Sick Children, and we were surrounded by high powered individuals. All of the other...

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Why I’m at Home: Deciding to Be a Stay at Home Mom

A little while ago I started a firestorm when I wrote about planning my daughter’s future–and how we should consider a career choice that would make deciding to be a stay at home mom easier–if that was...

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Home Alone America

Does it matter that most kids today are home alone for a time–and don’t have parents home to supervise? My blogging friend Terry wrote a series of posts a while back on why she came to see the world...

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Reader Question: My Husband Thinks the Kids Are All My Job

Every weekend I like to post a question someone sends in and let you readers have a go at it. This week’s question comes from a homemaker, who wants a better balance in the division of labor with her...

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10 Ways to Banish the Stay-at-Home Mom Blues

Are the Stay-at-Home Mom Blues inevitable? I have always been a stay at home mom, but if you judge by the comments of many, I have the personality of a pea. If you’re a stay at home parent, you know...

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When Being a Mom, or Just Plain Running Your Home, Overwhelms You

So many of us find homemaking–just plain doing life at home–overwhelming. We spend out lives putting out fires, cleaning up messes, and we wonder if we’re even getting ahead. If life is always chaotic,...

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Reader question: Do Stay at Home Moms Have To Do All The Housework?

When it comes to splitting household chores, does the wife really have to do all the housework if she stays at home? Every Monday I like to try to answer a Reader Question, and today I’ve got two quite...

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You Can’t Change the World. You Can Change Your Family.

I have been going through one of those weeks where I feel so depressed about the state of the world. I’ve been trying to cocoon, not pay attention to the news, not think about much of anything at all....

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Have We Made Motherhood Too Hard?

Does motherhood sound like the most exhausting job in the world? We’re gearing up for Rebecca to deliver really soon, so we’ve been thinking a lot as a family about modern motherhood lately. And at...

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What Women Believe about Stay-At-Home Dads–Despite What the Church Teaches

On the whole, women who attend church tend to believe, or are even more likely to believe, several key evangelical teachings about sex. It makes sense. If you invest in your church culture, your...

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