by Jessica Franks

Mary, 26, has a problem, pulled between her job and her child, she
struggles to leave to work. Her child’s cries only make every step
to the door more painful. \”This is horrible, I really wish I could just work from home.\”

This situation may sound familiar to you, and you may be also wondering if there are options. Everyday we are flooded with hundreds of online ads, many that claim we can earn thousands right from our home computer! Sounds great, right?

Well, it would be great if you were willing to pay a $150 start up cost or dedicate 30 hours a week to taking surveys. Who wants to send some stranger $150 over the internet if you arenat really sure what youare getting in return? Weave all heard, aIf it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.a Who would realistically be able to pull themselves away from the toddler long enough to make $1500 a month in surveys? If this were possible, we would all be professional survey takers.

That leaves us with the more traditional ways to make money from home. If you are a fairly good sales woman and you know lots of people, you can have some success selling something from home. There are cosmetics, candles, home goods, childrensa toys, rubber stamping products, marital aids, and all sorts of cooking gadgets. You could find a product to fit nearly any personality.

So how much money does selling one of these products actually pay? Like anything it depends on how dedicated you want to be too it. A little online research and an unscientific poll tell me that you could make anything from $30-$200 a show. If you can swing two shows a month youare looking at $60 - $400 a month. OK so maybe that will take care of a dinner or two out a month. If you are really good, you will have enough to pay for a family vacation or Christmas gifts.

Realistically, you will amakea more money by cutting back on expenses associated with work. Drop down to one family car instead of two and youave earned $300 - $500 a month! Shaving off those dinners out because you donat have time to cook could earn you another couple hundred dollars a month. Not to mention your work clothes, lunches out, oh and that enormous child care bill!

So sit down with your spouse and a calculator. It is very possible that you will aearna nearly as much money by staying at home and cutting out your work related expenses as you do going to work and missing your child all day long. While you are doing your calculating donat forget to take into account your new lower tax responsibility. Having only one income might put you in a lower tax bracket, making you eligible for all sorts of incentives from Uncle Sam!

In the end, it’s your decision, is it worth all that money to leave your children behind all day? It may make them independent, but it may also make them strangers. All in all, each person has to decide what’s best for them and their family. Most working families could save hundreds of dollars a month if they really only wanted to make the proper sacrifices.

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