I wish this article offered more ideas. My wife and I are struggling with her going back to work. We are a family of 5 and have two children that would need some sort of daycare while she works. We have one 3 year old and we are seeing care would run $500 - $700 a month for her to be in full-time. Our son is 10 and would require a few hours of care after school as it is against the law for him to be home alone.

My wife does not have any special training that would allow her to make good money. She would make between $8 and $10 an hour.

Here is our struggle we figure she would bring in roughly $500 to $800 a month to the household. She has a home based business that is bringing in on average $500 a month. One says well heck there is no problem here. The problem is she has 2-3 low paying months that throw things off. Her pay is never consistant on a given day of the month.

I stuggle with the idea that someone else would raise our children for her to bring in what she is already bringing in.

I look foward to hearing what others have to say.

Jeff B
California