Category: working mom

5 Tips to Teach Your Child About Computer Safety

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Every parent wants their kid to focus and have fun in school as well as when they’re at home. Considering how many things you can do online, this productivity and enjoyment also extends to their devices. However, it’s natural for any parent to be cautious when letting their child use a tablet or browse the internet, so you should teach them how to stay safe on all devices around the home. 

Supervise Them

Younger kids should always be supervised when browsing their tablet or computer. This isn’t always because you’re worried they will stumble across something inappropriate, but rather that you want to ensure they use the resources correctly. If you can highlight how to search, view, and create things on the computer, they will feel more comfortable using the device alone when they’re older and are less likely to fall for common hacking tricks. 

Teach Them to Recognize Harmful Links 

Once they get old enough and are more likely to use their devices for homework research or communicating with friends, you should teach them how to recognize harmful links such as phishing emails or links filled with viruses. You can use this cybersecurity kit to train your kids how to determine whether a link or folder is trustworthy and you can remind them to always err on the side of caution unless it’s from a trusted source like their school or a relative.  Continue reading →

Summer Business Ideas For Extra Income

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Need extra cash? No problem! It’s time to get creative with how you can earn additional income this summer, whether you’re a full-time student or employee. Here are a few business ideas:

1. Be an online tutor.

Since online classes are the norm right now, parents might not have the time to help their kids with homework as they’re busy working from home. You can offer your services as an online tutor to assist friends’ or relatives’ kids struggling to adapt to this new normal.

2. Be a proofreader.

Online communication is so important right now with everything happening either on a mobile device or a computer. If you have a good grasp of technology and have a good command of the English language (or Filipino) then this job may be for you. You can read through articles and assignments, and then make changes when you spot misspellings or grammatical errors the same way you might be doing for the assignment of your kids. If this is something you can do, let your friends and relatives know that you are free to edit their written work.

3. Sell pre-loved items!

You might have gained a bit of weight due to the lockdown or realized you have old things that are rarely used. Turn to online platforms like Shopee, Lazada, or Carousell to declutter your old things and make money at the same time! Just make sure what you’re selling is still usable and in good working condition.

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30-Day Writing Prompt, How it Works

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Here comes the most wonderful time of the year. This year we all celebrate it in a different way like a virtual party with family and friends due to the health crisis that the world still faces.

Every year, most of us create plans and goal setting on what to do for the coming year. Are you one of us? Care to share in the comment box below if what’s your goal for the year 2021. Mine is just basic, – to update my blog at least twice a week and have a regular writing client. Though it’s simple, yet it is hard for me to complete due to some reasons, one of these is being hooked on watching KDramas.

So, to make myself better, achieve this goal, and be consistent in writing, I joined a 30-Day writing prompt starting today, November 25 to December 25, 2020. Here are the lists of topics that I planned to write for 30 days.

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Hello, BER Months!

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It’s September the first month of BER months. For Filipinos, once BER month is up many are excited for the holiday season, which includes me. It feels like Christmas is in the air already.

Well, as you noticed I’m not active in blogging and social media engagement for the past few months. It’s because I’m a bit busy with corporate work and engaged into out of town training. But now that I’m on track, online world say hello and welcome! Coz I’ll be actively back. Not just that, online job hunting is also my to-do list coz I’m planning to be a working-at-home mom and will say goodbye to the corporate world.

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UnlockingYour Inner Strength: 8 Ways to Restore Your Self-Esteem After Giving Birth to a Child

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Having a baby can be the most wonderful, but hardest, thing a woman will ever do. Growing a child in your body means giving up what’s best for you and focusing on what’s best for that baby for nine and a half months.

But once you give birth, it’s easy to continue to neglect yourself in favor of nurturing the tiny being that you helped to create. Yet what many moms forget is that your self-esteem and confidence extends to the baby, so it is important to find that inner strength that is inside you and unlock it to teach your child how to be happy, too.

Your self-esteem is crucial to your happiness and success as a parent, but how do you manage to find the time, energy, and drive to bother with yourself when you are so busy and exhausted from taking care of your baby?

Here are 8 simple ways you can restore your self-esteem after you have a child.

8 Ways to Boost Your Confidence After You Give Birth

1. Fake it ‘til you make it. A lot of being a confident mother is in understanding and accepting that you don’t always know what you are doing, and that’s okay. Even the most seasoned of parents come across brand new scenarios that they don’t know how to handle, because every child is unique.

Instead, those parents who look like they know what they’re doing have simply mastered the “fake it ‘til you make it” technique, or the knowledge that sometimes you just have to be flexible, roll with the punches, and learn the lesson for the next time whatever happened happens.

2. Give yourself more credit and more time. Moms are often expected to put their bodies through the trauma of nine months of carrying a child and hours upon hours of labor, and then jump right in and be a perfect, loving, patient mother.

This is not only unfeasible, but it’s also downright dangerous. Your body just went through the equivalent of a trainwreck. You need to give it the credit it deserves for surviving such a shock and give it more time to heal before you expect to even halfway know what you’re doing.

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