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[quote=Anonymous]While I have never worked a job exactly like that, I’m currently in a similar position (kind of) as the mother works from home. I can tell you, in my opinion, it’s not the greatest. 100% would not recommend.

The main reason I don’t really like it is that because my charge’s mom is always home (and always willing to stop what she’s doing to come see him) he’s always wanting to see her or “ask her something.” He’ll run up the stairs or just shout for her if I stop him from going up. Then, she comes down and stays for a few minutes, during which time they just cuddle and I stand there awkwardly. It’s great, really  :roll:...She must not have very much work to do, and I can only imagine this would be worse with a SAHM.

The biggest issue is nap time. She enables his procrastination by letting him run into her office and play on her work computer. If I try and say that he needs to get ready for his nap, I either get completely ignored or she makes some half-assed attempt to remove him and then caves when he asks to do “one more thing.” It’s incredibly frustrating.

When I finally do get him to sleep (if she’s hasn’t managed to throw off our schedule too badly) she sometimes has to take calls from work (totally understandable, but her office is five feet away from his room...not ideal) which wakes him up. Also, when I’m trying to get him to sleep, she starts walking around right outside his door. I don’t get it.

So there’s my piece. It depends on the family, but in my case, having a mom at home is a huge hindrance. I would never do it again. [/quote]

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