A Home Business – How Does It Affect The Children?
We all know the benefits of a home business. Working at home means that you can avoid traffic jams, forget about office politics and benefit from lower overheads. How does it affect the children? I believe that they benefit from hearing mum or dad discussing business on the phone or meeting business people at home.
Think about it – whatever business you are in, if you were working in the office they would never hear a word of your business language. Most children are not even aware of the type of business mums and dads do when they work away from home.
Normally when most parents speak to children they tend to use smaller words and often talk down to them. Then the phone rings and all of a sudden the kids are introduced to new words and a different manner of speaking.
How often do children ask you “what are you doing?” Even by answering this simple question they are learning. “I am working on a strategy to generate more sales”. “Why are you doing that?” “So that we can make more money. Then I will be able to afford to buy you your new...