Congratulations on being able to make some money working from home! You are probably the envy of moms everywhere who would love nothing better than to be in your shoes as a work at home mom. Yet did you know that work at home moms face a myriad of challenges that very often are not realized until they are well into the work relationship? Granted, your comfortable chair in front of your computer and being able to Work From Home in your pajamas, make for probably the best work environment known to woman, but there are some pitfalls that might turn this opportunity into a nightmare.

Being your own boss is a concept that you yourself may understand, but it may be an alien concept to your girlfriend who is in a pinch and needs a babysitter. Suddenly you find that you are on the speed dial of sitter-less friends everywhere, who, while admiring your ability to stay home and work, don't seem to understand that you have a schedule to keep, deadlines to meet, and tasks to perform. Suddenly you find that you are asked to watch children so your friends can go to work, thus leaving you unable to do work yourself.

At the same time, you know how hard it is to say “no” when a friend in need approaches you. This is why, the best piece of advice for work at home moms, is to have a dedicated phone line for your business that you answer during business hours. Let your personal calls be picked up by your answering machine. Alert your childrens' school to the fact that you have a new work number and you will not have to worry about missing an important call that might have to do with your children.

Yet it is not just the girlfriend who might not understand the concept of you actually working as your own boss. Your husband and other family members may fall into the same category! You might suddenly have to field request to pick up the husband’s dry cleaning, take the cat to the vet, call the bank to sort out a problem with the mortgage check, and a host of other tasks that will take time away from the business you are trying to run. Setting a schedule that is discussed before hand with your family will quite possibly help them to understand that there are certain blocks of time during which you are unavailable, and this might mean that the dry cleaning will have to wait for another day and the cat will have to wait until the weekend to get her shots.

The bottom line is that you and everyone else needs to understand, that being a work at home mom is not the same as being a stay at home mom. You are in fact running a business and need to treat it as such.


About the Author:
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Mike Comas is Founder and CEO of Discover Income From Home.com and Micom Business Solution. Mike has owned a successful Home Based Business for 10 years and continues to grow his income streams, while helping others duplicate his success.
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