Balancing work and family with running your own business

There are many benefits of running your own business when it comes to balancing work and family, although it comes with a unique set of challenges!

Here fellow soloists provide advice and share their experiences of juggling work and parenthood. This section discusses issues such as what’s the best age for your kids to be when you start your business, the challenges of sharing your home based business with your kids and if it all gets too much check out Karen Morris’s article about exploding the superhero myth.

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Work and family articles

• Stay Balanced

  Starting a business with a baby

  The first few weeks as a first time parent are filled with fear and questions, but then you relax and start to think about the future. In many ways it’s the ideal time for acting on that great business idea and starting a business.

  • Published 24 September 08
  • Joh Baker-Dowdell
  • 17 Comments

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  Five rules to help working parents

  I currently have two jobs: one job is paid for with money, and the other with love. This article provides five rules to help working parents.

  • Published 04 June 08
  • Joh Baker-Dowdell
  • 8 Comments

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  Combining work and family

  Is working as a soloist a solution to returning-to-work mothers? Self-employment offers flexibility, work-life balance and a chance to excel in your chosen career. However when combining work and family you need to think through all the issues.

  • Published 30 April 08
  • Michele Hackshall
  • 6 Comments

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  Adapt your business to manage work and family

  When your kids are at school, you’ll have more time for your business, right? Not necessarily. How do you and your business cope with the constant evolution of your family? Here are some tips on how to adapt your business to manage work and family.

  • Published 23 April 08
  • Karen Morris
  • 2 Comments

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  Juggling motherhood and a solo business

  When you’re a solo business operator who's starting a family, you'll find fitting in both a challenge. So how can you juggle parenthood and a solo business without becoming a quivering wreck?

  • Published 19 March 08
  • Karen Morris
  • 14 Comments

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  Balancing work and motherhood

  Recently I wrote about my decision to resume sending Christmas cards to clients and others I value. I was shocked when the reaction to what I thought was an innocent think piece proved so divisive.

  • Published 16 January 08
  • Karen Morath
  • 15 Comments

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  Working at home with kids: When’s the best time to start?

  Working at home with kids is a great way to balance parenting with a career but it can also bring a host of challenges. What is the best age for your children to be when you start your business?

  • Published 19 September 07
  • Kate James
  • 17 Comments

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  Balancing work and family

  When you’re running a business it’s easy to get bogged down with the trivialities and busyness that seem to take over. But balancing work and family actually makes life more enjoyable... and business hours run more smoothly.

  • Published 14 March 07
  • Karen Morris
  • 3 Comments

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  Work life balance: Exploding the superhero myth

  Running your own business to give you more time to be with and care for your family sounds great in principle, but we need to take care to keep a work life balance and not to fall foul of the superhero myth.

  • Published 15 May 06
  • Karen Morris
  • 2 Comments

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  Balancing parenthood and running your own business

  It isn't easy juggling the demands of parenthood with those of running your own business, but it can be done.

  • Published 08 November 05
  • Karen Morris
  • 10 Comments

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  Home based business: Sharing with your kids

  If you have young children in your life, running a home based business presents a particular set of challenges. The key is to be super organised.

  • Published 12 September 05
  • Kim McGuinness
  • 4 Comments