Stay-at-Home Parents Survival Guide
Stay-at-home parenting can be stressful. Here are support groups for stay at home parents, as well as articles on special issues facing at-home parents.
Real life support groups offer parents an opportunity to meet and interact with other families in their community. These are some of the top support groups for at-home as well as working parents.
Being a stay-at-home parent can be very stressful at times, but there are many benefits as well. Real stay-at-home parents share the reasons they stay home to raise their children.
I discuss some of the special guilt issues specific to stay-at-home parents.
Susan Heathfield, About.com's Guide to Human Resources, discusses the top ten tips for stay-at-home parents to remain ready for employment while taking time off to raise the children.
Guest Author Rosalind Mays, stay-at-home mother of three, explains how she finds time for herself each week.
MOMS Club, International is a support group offering companionship and activities for stay-at-home parents.
MOPS International is a support group for all mothers of preschoolers and offers education, friendship and activities for mothers and their young children.
From Self-Help & Psychology Magazine, I could relate to a lot of the points made in this article. Discusses how we often feel like "failures" as Mothers, and how society judges us.
Dad-to-Dad groups are for at-home fathers to get together and share information. Includes children’s play groups, dad’s-night-out dinners and newsletters.
A professional organization for mothers at home, or those who want to be. Features a monthly newsletter and conferences. An excellent, supportive site.
A full-time dad writes about his experience.
Momscape is "devoted to nurturing mothers in all of her roles". Includes articles to help mothers pamper themselves. Very nice site.
