The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide Field-Tested Strategies for Staying Smart, Sane, and Connected When You're Raising Kids at Home

by Stanton, Melissa

• ISBN13: 9781580052474
• ISBN10: 1580052479
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-03
• Publisher: Seal Press

Summary

The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide is for every woman who is doing the 24/7 work of raising children by being a full-time Stay-at-Home mom-and who, despite her great love for her children, sometimes struggles with the challenges that can come with this kind of in-the-trenches parenting. Inside, readers will find insightful, creative tips and tricks to help navigate issues that are unique to the Stay-at-Home experience, including: Sex and marriage, The transition from workplace to home, Money matters, Creating time for yourself, Housework, Combatting loneliness, Returning to the workforce-or not, Friendships. A loyal and devoted Support-Group-in-a-Book, The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide is the perfect antidote to motherhood burnout-and a joyful reminder that staying home to raise children is an experience of a lifetime. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Prior to becoming a Stay-at-Home mom, Melissa Stanton was an editor at People and LIFE magazines. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, Parenting, Redbook, and Organize. She lives with her family in a rural suburb of Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Preface: Why is Stay-at-Home Motherhood Something to Survive?	p. 1
From the Author	p. 9
FYI: The Survey, and Other Details	p. 13
Introduction: Walking Away from Having It All	p. 17
Voices: What's Great (and Not So Great) about Being a Stay-at-Home Mom?	p. 21
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times	p. 25
A Day in the Life	p. 37
Several Kids, Special Needs, but Still Just One You	p. 61
Jack(ie)-of-All-Trades	p. 83
Money Matters	p. 111
Ms. or Mrs. Smith?	p. 155
True Love + Kids = Real Life	p. 173
Sex and the Stressed-Out Stay-at-Home Mom	p. 189
Motherhood: Who's the Expert?	p. 209
The Mommy Brain (or, Why We Often Can't Think Straight)	p. 225
Get Me Out of Here!	p. 243
You Gotta Have Friends	p. 259
Surviving (and Seeking) Solitary Confinement, and Other Strategies for Staying Sane	p. 285
Where's My Stand-In?	p. 315
Making Your Comeback (or Not)	p. 335
Proud Mamas: Taking Pride in What We Do	p. 355
Afterword	p. 371
Voices: Final Words of Wisdom from the Experts	p. 375
The Moms You Met	p. 379
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