| Many people would like to be able to work from home | | | | anyway. If all you have are teenagers in the house, |
| now days as it gives them the opportunity to spend | | | | working from home may be a possibility for you. |
| more time with the family and their children. | | | | The younger your children are however, the harder it |
| Technology and the Internet has made it so that | | | | will be for you to find the uninterrupted silence you |
| working at home either full time or part time is now a | | | | might need to be productive. Parents of children that |
| reality for many people. One thing you might not have | | | | are in school some or most of the day will at least |
| thought about though, is how your work will be | | | | have that time to perform their work duties but before |
| affected by being at home and around your children. | | | | and after the children are at school, it will be very |
| Most people are used to going to work and perhaps | | | | difficult. They will constantly be challenged to figure out |
| sitting in silence in their cubicle or office. The only noise | | | | how to get their job done and at the same time pay |
| they have to deal with is annoying co-workers and | | | | attention to their children who will be very demanding |
| perhaps their boss looking over their shoulder. If they | | | | when they are at home. |
| have to get work finished, they are in an environment | | | | Parents of children 5 and under may just have to give |
| that is conducive to that. | | | | up or put the children in daycare even if they want to |
| Working at home is a completely different ballgame | | | | work at home. Children under 5 need constant |
| especially if children are involved. There are many | | | | attention and make it very difficult to put aside any |
| different kinds of work at home situations of course, | | | | quite time to perform a job. Nap time would be the |
| ranging from running your own call center to one | | | | only real time that work may be possible and that is |
| where you are truly self employed and answer to | | | | usually not for more than an hour or two a day. |
| know one. No matter what type of situation you have | | | | Working from home is a dream for many but once |
| or want, finding time to work undisturbed may be more | | | | they are able to fulfill that dream they find unforeseen |
| of a challenge than you anticipated. | | | | obstacles. Children are just one of the things that can |
| If you have teenagers they probably will not bother | | | | end up being very distraction and make home jobs |
| you too much as they will be at school all day and | | | | more difficult than you originally planned. |
| they don't typically want to hang out with their parents | | | | |