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Life

These are the best credit card reward programs for families

From travel points to getting your child ready for college.

Career & Money

9 phrases busy mamas can say to inspire productivity

1. "My kids come first, but so do I."

Child

Being a SAHM during the summer can be so hard—so I came up with a plan

Plan, prepare—but also be flexible. I think that's my new summer mantra.

Life

3 ways to tackle your most-dreaded ‘adulting’ tasks in under 30 minutes

Being a grown-up isn't always fun, but it turns out that some of the things you've been procrastinating about the most aren't actually that bad.

Life

I’m a SAHM with an older child—what’s next for me?

It's not my son's job to fulfill me, make me happy, or give me an identity. That's my job; always has been and always will be. This I know without a shadow of a doubt.

Life

Dear husband: Thank you for respecting my decision to be a SAHM

Every day I feel grateful to call you mine.

Life

Here’s why I’m a SAHM—even with my kids in school

Raising my kids is the most important thing I could ever do.

Parenting

Going from working professional to SAHM was a real eye-opener

I went from a working professional to an amateur mom throwing pity parties for myself at the kitchen table.

Parenting

Confession: I never thought I’d be a SAHM, but it’s the right fit

Unlike many women I know, my progression to becoming a stay-at-home mom was neither planned nor expected.

Career & Money

Feel like crying at work? Here’s how to handle it

It happens to the best of us.

Parenting

Redefine being a SAHM on your *own* terms

Four years ago I left a successful marketing career to stay home with my firstborn.

Parenting

Stay-at-home motherhood became so much more fun when it wasn’t my whole identity

There's no reason to fit into JUST the working mom or stay-at-home mom box.