How to keep sane

United States
March 14, 2007 3:26pm CST
I am a newly at home mother of 6. My children are 13 girl, 8yr girl, 8yr boy, 2 5yr old boys and a 1yr old baby girl. I lov being at home with them, but Iam also going crazy. I have been on the internet looking for at home jobs, and thing to do to keep me sane. you can find all sorts of thing that cost money, which i have very little of. I even tryed on that was to give you everything to make money online. I cant make it work, doesnt matter how much time i spend on it. What to do.
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• United States
15 Mar 07
Currently I am at home for approx. 2 more months and have a little one at home also. I found this site and I have also found a site called RobinHood.com and you can put in a request as to why you should be granted the next $500 giveaway. It may be a long shot to win but interesting to read. Good Luck.
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@AnnaB87 (761)
• United States
15 Mar 07
You can try writing articles for pay. I am making some money writing for ac and I am hoping to make money here, I just started here, I also do crafts and sell those/ I need to find more ways to make money though, I only have five kids and sometimes it does get a little busy here. You just have to give everyone something to do... I would suggest writing you can write for associate content, constant content, or many other places just start looking and some places pay more than others, Maybe you can make your own website and make money from that,
@yrbuddy (51)
• Singapore
15 Mar 07
Hi, I understand how you feel with 6 kids. I am already going insane with 2, don't talk about 6. I try to have other things to focus on instead of those crazy behaviour of theirs, in order to keep my sanity. Recently, I have found a website that promote an Internet Discount card which can save those who love to shop on Internet a lot of money. It is a useful product, I think, that is why I am joining to promote it to earn some commission. Just need US$20 per month to maintain the membership to have the right to resell the card. The earnings is supposed to cover that monthly fee once the volume is there. You may check it out for free first at http://smribbon.myworlddiscounts.com No obligation to join. Payout is at every first Thursday of the month, so you can see the result very soon next month. You can cancel the membership anytime if you don't like it.
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@alindahaw (1219)
• Philippines
15 Mar 07
I used to feel that way but eventually, I grew out of it. I decided to stay at home when I had my son. At first I though I will go crazy but then I got used to it. Now I work at home and I enjoy what I do. Just give it time. You'll soon get used to it.
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• Australia
15 Mar 07
Hi there,you need to be so careful when looking for 'work from home' options on the internet,I did it about 12 monthes ago when I had my last child and I wasted so much money getting scammed but in all honesty I have found that data entry and paid surveys are the go but even with data entry you must make sure you do it everyday to make anything and with the survey companies you have to join about 30 of them to make a decent amount of money but besides that steer clear of everything else.Good luck
• Singapore
15 Mar 07
hi just a suggestion. try recording all the funny moments of your six children. these could be hilarious. sent them to www.youtube.com. you would make money from it and also enjoy the beautiful moment with your children. thanks.
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@mansha (6298)
• India
15 Mar 07
No wonder with five kids you are going insane. I can hardly manage two of them. doesn't you hubby help you with them. my be you can hire a baby sitter or ask your mom or mom-in law to baby sit with them for a while. we all do need a break sometime. I try and take a ten minute brisk walk early mnorning to keep my sanity intact. I get up early to have my tea in peace before everyone wakes up in the house. my lot is a good start and there are other such forums to. go to getpaidforum.com and read up people's discussions and check out their list of scam sites, that way you will know who to trust and who not to. Do not pay anyone for joining anything make it your motto. that way yopu will escape the risk of loosing money with scams. I shall send you two links that have actually paid me anything through PM, though I am member of many but actually got paid from these two only as yet. others I am still waiting. try and open up a blog too even paid pblogging is good way to make money. You can try associated content to post articles too.
@mrsbrian (1949)
• United States
14 Mar 07
wow 6 kids how do you have time to do anything ,it can be tuff to be a new at home mom maby there are groups in your area for home mothers that you could get with as for makeing money on the net there are good programs and bad ones.
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• Canada
15 Mar 07
Bless you, 6 children, girl you have your hands full to say the least. I hope your 13 and 8 year olds help you out a little, because I would be insane too. The thing with making money from home using the internet is that most of the ones I have checked out requires alot of time online...and you having 6 children to care for I dont know when you could find the time. But you can certainly check some of them out, maybe they might work for you to gain a little extra income into the house. I saw one reply that said to record your kids and make money of You-Tube, its an option, but even that requires time.. MyLot is a good place, once you have a half decent rating and have posted good discussions you can make a few bucks on here. But its all time consuming to say the least...most of them that I have looked at are...I wish you luck with your family...hats off cayers, takes a special person to handle 6 kids...
• United States
14 Mar 07
I have been trying the paid surveys for about a month and a half now. I do about 2-5 surveys a day. So far its not very promising, but I am told to keep trying. I haven't made very much doing that. I think I have made about $10 that I have already received and I should be getting another $25 any day now. I don't qualify for a lot of the surveys but you might. It might be worth giving it a shot.
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