For parents that work at home, the summer holidays present a whole new set of challenges that have to be met.
The giant six week break is brilliant for your kids, but what about you as a freelancer or home-based entrepreneur? Although people might say it’s great that you don’t need to pay for childcare, you most likely need to keep the money coming into the household during that time too.
One woman who knows just what it means to juggle being a parent, working from home and running a blog is regular SME-Blog contributor Mary Cummings. In a recent post on her great website Work Your Way she talked about how she manages to cope with bringing up two young kids during the school holidays and staying on top of her workload.
It’s well worth a read for any parent currently working from home!