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Team Work : How to Help Your Husband Make More Money, So You Can Be a Stay-at-Home Mom

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This book is very well written, easy to read, and full of practical advice on how to increase one's income.

I have used a number of these techniques, and they really do work; my husband's income increased 5x as a result of these actions. I was a stay-at-home-mom before, but it is certainly easier with more money.

I highly recommend this book.

I highly recommend this book for any women who wants to fully support her husband and help him make more money to provide for the family. Even if you have to hold a job for now, the information in this book will help your family survive better and, if this is your goal, too eventually work toward a situation where you can be a "Stay-at-home mom". Otherwise you'll just help your husband make more money. That's great too.

Bonnie Bock

Do you love your husband but feel tht he's not bringing home enough bacon? Teamwork is the book for you. Joanne Watson tells how to hunt up ways to make your man look good on his resume, how to write that resume,give him tips on his interview and beyond. The book does exactly what it promises to do. However, the reader must decide if her sweet but initially unmotivated man is worth all the effort it will take to get him a better job.

This book scares me on so many levels I do not know where to start. First, the idea that "the most important decision a couple will make is whether mom stays home" is a warped view of parenting. Yes - the top critical decision in parenting is "how will we care for our children?" But to assume that mom has to stay home to provide good care leaves a lot of great options off the table. It also leaves out important discussion items such as what we will teach our children about faith, virtue, family, work, service, etc.

As an HR professional I find it amusing that the author advises that women work on their husbands resumes and give him advice on how to succeed at work. I have interviewed men like this, worked with men like this, and had the opportunity to layoff men like this. They are not typically the strongest performers. Far better is a man who is managing his own career and can stand on his own two feet. I'm not saying that we don't all need support - certainly I support my DH in his career and he supports me, but we don't ever try to run each other's career. That's a recipe for a toxic marriage.

In terms of mothering, the messages in this book are very dangerous for our daughters. Do you really want to teach them by your example that their key to success in life is finding a "meal ticket" with enough ching that they can live a more leisurely life? Don't marry for love, or because someone is a good decent person who is committed to making the world a better place - marry because someone can give you the life of leisure you want. And who cares how stressful and boring his work is - as long as you get what you want.

Finally, the idea that DH should work longer and harder so mommy can stay home with children is just plain selfish - why should he have to miss out on precious time with his children and cause the children to miss out on time with him? Save your money and your mental energies - invest them in developing your skills and talents so that together as a family unit you can make a great contribution to society.