Some Thoughts To Share With Women Working From Home 0
Last weekend, I attended a creative maths workshop conducted by a reputable educator. The speaker is also a work at home mom when she isn’t teaching in seminars and conferences. There were some valuable lessons I took with me when I finished that 3 hour workshop. And I would like to share with all the women working from home.
If you are a parent, chances are, you pay close attention to your children’s progress in school. Sometimes we get too overwhelmed with the education system that we can focus too much on the academics and not the well being of the child. Ask a parent which is important: Academic Performance or Life skills acquisition and they tend to answer the former.
I too am guilty of that at times. Being a work at home mom, I can have more time to develop good values and character traits in my child by taking time to teach and guide. But sometimes, I am too busy in my home office that I can end up choosing the easy way out of letting the television be the babysitter.
I recalled one occasion when my little boy started to take a crayon and doodled on my new glass tile and I got really mad at him. Little did I know (at that time) that I should have taken that time to educate instead of reprimanding my child. We parents make mistakes too, don’t we.
As women working from home, we need to be prepared for interruptions when our children come home from school. One way is keep them busy while you sit in front of your PC is to engage them in some activities. Recently, I printed out some activities from Playhouse Disney channel for my son and he was happy. There are many free activities in the web for children of all ages. I do allow computer games time but only educational ones.
For me, this is one way to work on my online business while keeping an eye on him. It’s better than letting the television be his companion. I’m not a perfect work at home mom in many ways but I desire to do my best to educate, guide and help him be a better person each day. Few days ago, my work at home hubby got him to fix his IKEA work table together… it was his time to imitate Bob the Builder. They had fun.
