Is your "home number" your "work number" too? If you are a stay-at-home parent, you know the workday never really ends. And every day brings both all-too-familiar challenges and unexpected joys. How do you keep it together--physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually? Cheryl Gochnauer's previous book,
So You Want to Be a Stay-at-Home Mom, helped parents consider what staying home requires and whether that choice was the best for them and their families. In this new guidebook Gochnauer tackles common--but often difficult--questions and challenges that beset stay-at-home parents:
- retaining an individual identity
- feeling appreciated
- viewing childrearing as a valid career choice
- spending wisely
- resisting guilt
- evaluating work-at-home opportunities
- handling sibling rivalry
- volunteering at your child's school
- succeeding as a stay-at-home dad
- avoiding the TV
- getting help with chores
- setting a godly example
- nurturing your spiritual growth
Forty-two brief chapters cover a variety of topics and can each be read in about ten minutes. Gochnauer also includes an appendix on networking opportunities for stay-at-home parents and a helpful listing of ministries and organizations that offer parenting resources, services and conferences (all accessible on the Internet). If you are a mom or dad at home part-time or full-time, you'll find immense encouragement--plus practical advice from one who has been there (and still is )--in
Stay-at-Home Handbook.
