There is a significant increase in the number of mothers opting to have a home based business.
This growing trend gives mothers an opportunity to manage their own time and allows flexibility in handling the demands in her family, children and other household obligations.
Imagine a mother like anyone else has only 24 hours to juggle various tasks at the home plus her 9-5 office work, community, friends and a lot more.
Apart from this, she has a husband and a personal life to pursue.
And with a mother's desire to spend more time with her kids, keeping a 9-5 full time job becomes a hurdle as it already stashes away half of her day.
Hence, setting up a home based business becomes an alternative solution.
Freeing yourself from a full time job means you will be able to support your son in his baseball game or your daughter's first piano recital.
Your children can count on your presence with confidence that you will be around until the program ends.
No rush.
Not slaving yourself from a 9-5 day time job leads to more quality time with your children, having energy to follow-up their school homework and more moments to waste time with them.
Keeping a home based business is akin to continuing your 9-5 full time job except that you report to no one but to yourself.
So mothers, who are ex-corporate lawyer, ex-sales executive and so on, can continue to exercise their expertise by starting a home based business on their knowledge and skill.
Your skill from your previous job can be turned into an opportunity.
Your services can be outsourced by any private firms or perhaps your previous employer or clients.
Another factor that motivates mother to start their home based business is the financial freedom and security from the income generated.
An income no matter how minimal is still an income which can augment your family's financial resources.
And with the advent of internet, the opportunity for home based business is vast.
It's your window to the world of opportunities.
However, you need also to be realistic in being a home based entrepreneur.
Be aware also of the possible investments you will be taking - time, money, skills, etc.
Know your strength and weaknesses in your chosen home based business venture.
Like any other business it entails hard work, planning and perseverance before your business will take off from the ground.
Any successful business ventures didn't come overnight.
You have to toil the groundwork maybe weeks, months or years.
In the end of the day, it is all about your choice and the reasons behind your choice for opting to a home based business