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Stay-at-Home Handbook: Advice for Parenting, Finances, Career, Surviving Each Day & Much More

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Cheryl Gochnauer does it again. Her insight into the life of a stay-at-home mom shines through this book in so many ways. There isn't a facet she doesn't touch on, whether it's finances, helping other moms who are struggling (being their Godsend), keeping your sanity through those long days, school cancellations woes, and overcoming the need to "do it all."

There's a foreword by Dr. Laura Schlessinger that sheds a VERY interesting light on a stay-at-home vs. working-outside-the-home lifestyle.

This book should be on the bookshelf of every parent....

Cheryl's book is a terrific resource for all stay-at-home parents. The book contains 42 short, power-packed chapters --each one a perfect blend of inspiration and information. Cheryl presents practical tips and suggestions on a wide range of topics, everything from homeschooling to housework to finances to home-based businesses. She shares many anecdotes and stories, drawing from her own experience, as well as the insights of dozens of other stay-at-home moms. Cheryl's approach is real and down to earth. She writes warmth and humor. In making recommendations, she never loses sight of the fact that one size does NOT fit all. She presents her readers with a number of different perspectives and approaches to each issue. The appendix lists more than 20 organizations and online sites that offer support and assistance to stay-at-home parents, including Gochnauer's own website: www.homebodies.org.

Wether you are a stay at home aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa - this book is great! This book gives a great insight on not only how to handle your life, but handle your kids and a life at the same time. The author really points out how being a stay at home "anything" really isn't that bad. I like the author's viewpoints and insight to make life easier for thoose of us who choose not to work, but to be there for our families full-time.

I hope to use a lot of the author's helpful advice even when I have kids of my own.

I take care of a lot of children and the advice and information that I have learned in this book has been a blessing.

I was looking for something to help ease my transition from a full time professional to a full time mom. This book looked like the perfect title, but it's full of Christian references, which I found trite and condescending. Agnostics and Atheists love their children, too.
Couldn't finish the book.

I found this book to be mostly common sense. I didn't find anything in it that was revelation, or handbook worthy.