Working Mom Life Archives - A Mom and a Job. Raising Happy, Busy Kids https://www.amomandajob.com/category/working-mom-life/ Boredom Busters, Parenting Tips and Honest Advice for Moms Who Do It All Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:38:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.amomandajob.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-mom-and-child.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Working Mom Life Archives - A Mom and a Job. Raising Happy, Busy Kids https://www.amomandajob.com/category/working-mom-life/ 32 32 128526194 How Working Moms Juggle Work, Homework, Dinner and a Clean House https://www.amomandajob.com/working-mom-schedule-juggle-work-homework-housework/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=working-mom-schedule-juggle-work-homework-housework https://www.amomandajob.com/working-mom-schedule-juggle-work-homework-housework/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:35:01 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=1062 Working Mom Life · Parenting Tips By A Mom and a Job  ·  9 min read I am watching an extra child this week. One more backpack by the door, one more snack to hand out at pickup, one more person who has to be fed before anyone can sit down to homework. Somewhere around...

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]]> https://www.amomandajob.com/working-mom-schedule-juggle-work-homework-housework/feed/ 0 1062 Why My Kids Do Chores and Why Yours Should Too: The System That Actually Works https://www.amomandajob.com/why-kids-should-do-chores/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-kids-should-do-chores Thu, 28 May 2026 17:53:47 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=995 There is a chore chart on our wall. Visitors always comment on it. Four kids, four chores, a rotation that means nobody gets stuck forever. Here is the full system and what chores actually teach that nothing else can.

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]]> 995 The Mental Load of Motherhood: What It Is, Why It Is Exhausting, and Why I Would Not Trade It https://www.amomandajob.com/mental-load-of-motherhood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mental-load-of-motherhood Mon, 18 May 2026 02:08:02 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=980 Working Mom Life · Parenting Tips By A Mom and a Job  ·  8 min read In this article: The 2am feeding where I was crying from exhaustion and grateful at the same time What the mental load actually is and why it is so hard to explain to someone who is not carrying it...

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]]> 980 Working Mom Burnout Is Real: What It Actually Feels Like and How to Overcome it https://www.amomandajob.com/working-mom-burnout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=working-mom-burnout Mon, 18 May 2026 02:02:44 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=977 Working Mom Life · Parenting Tips Working Mom Burnout Is Real: What It Actually Feels Like and How to Come Back From It By A Mom and a Job  ·  8 min read In this article: What burnout actually feels like when you are living inside it Why it hits working moms differently and why...

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]]> 977 The Working Mom Survival Guide: Real Systems From a Mom Who Actually Uses Them https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-working-mom-survival-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-working-mom-survival-guide Fri, 15 May 2026 01:43:57 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=972 Working Mom Life · Parenting Tips The Working Mom Survival Guide: Real Systems From a Mom Who Actually Uses Them By A Mom and a Job  ·  10 min read In this article: The double stock rule that means I never run out of anything mid-recipe How one Google Calendar sync changed my entire week...

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]]> 972 How to Be a Present Parent When You Work Full Time: What Actually Works https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-how-to-be-a-present-parent-when-you-work-full-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-how-to-be-a-present-parent-when-you-work-full-time Thu, 14 May 2026 19:56:39 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=966 Working Mom Life · Parenting Tips How to Be a Present Parent When You Work Full Time: What Actually Works By A Mom and a Job  ·  8 min read In this article: The working mom I swore I would never become and what happened next Why the guilt you feel might actually be making...

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]]> 966 Are You Talking TO Your Child or AT Them? The Difference That Changes Everything https://www.amomandajob.com/communication-verses-instructions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=communication-verses-instructions Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:50:44 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=521 On the hard days I become an instruction machine. Clean that up. Did you do your homework. Put that away. One evening my daughter looked at me and said: Mommy, you are not listening to me. She was right.

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