Archive - October 23, 2018

I finally figured out a job title I can live with:  Home-Based Parent.  “Stay-at-Home-Mom” isn’t remotely accurate (my record:  five trips into town on a weekday) and “Domestic Engineer” sounds like I’m trying too hard to avoid the fact I don’t have a regular income (do earnings from the consignment shop count?).  But Home-Based Parent is totally on-target.  It applies to  both dads and moms, and includes the increasingly common possibility of a home-based business.  Feel free to use this description if it suits what you do. Being a Home-Based Parent has its perks (flexibility, increased presence for the kiddos,…