- With your
maternity leave almost over, are you wishing for an option that
didn't leave you either brokenhearted or just plain broke? Let
Lisa Roberts, in How to Raise a Family and a Career Under
One Roof, show you how to avoid the agonizing choice between
family and career. A mother of four, she built a successful home-based
communications consulting company without a ton of money, a huge
house, or business acumen. No matter what your interests, you
can do it, too. All you need is your conviction that there has
to be a better way. There is!
--Christina
Vercelletto, Baby Magazine
The
most critical issue facing families in today's busy world is
balancing work and family. In this highly informative and practical
book, Lisa Roberts describes one great solution: home-based businesses.
A must read for every parent who has ever dreamed of doing the
work they love AND being a great mom or dad!
--Wade F. Horn, Ph.D., President, The National Fatherhood Initiative
Raising a family while working from home is no longer a dream
-- it's a real-life option and Lisa Roberts is living proof!
How to Raise A Family & A Career Under One Roof sends
a positive and important message to parents struggling valiantly
to balance work and family.
--Paul & Sarah Edwards, authors of the best-selling Working
From Home
How to Raise a Family and a Career Under One Roof is
at the cutting edge of the most rapidly growing employment trend
in the nation. Lisa Roberts covers the perils, pleasures and
rewards of home business, addressing the needs of the work-at-home
parent, the business itself, and the child. Whether you run a
full time business from home or telecommute part-time, this practical
and insightful book belongs on your shelf!
--Nancy
W. Hall, Yale University Bush Center in Child Development and
Social Policy
Trying to juggle work and family is especially hard when your
home is your workplace. In How to Raise A Family & A Career
Under One Roof, Roberts combines real-life experience with
practical advice on what it takes to launch and nurture a business
and family at the same time, in the same place...To help you
cope, she provides exercises and outlets in your quest for the
perfect balance of a combined work and family life.
--Darren
Gladstone, Home Office Computing
I have just finished your book and found it to be not only
informative but very inspiring!!! I have always wanted to start
my own home business, but was unsure what it would be like with
two young children and loss of income while attempting a start-up.
When I read your "Child #4" essay, I actually cried!
Thank you for your encouraging words--you are truly a role model
for all women attempting to juggle all of life's demands.
--Susan
Erickson, Chicago, IL
While most authors maintain a professional distance, Roberts
invites the reader into her life, sprinkling solid information
with stories that are sometimes poignant, often amusing, but
always real. What makes this book stand out is Roberts' ability
to go beyond the surface "how-to" chatter about working
from home to get at the profound experience of meshing work and
family -- two critical parts of the same whole.
--Sharron Kahn, Publisher of at Home at Work,The Newsletter
for Parents Who Work From Home
Lisa Roberts deflates the myth that one needs to be a high-powered
entrepreneur in order to succeed; rather, her book draws upon
the formidable skills and strength a parent possesses... It is
an ideal first book for parents who want to work@home.
--Wilma Neuman Longman, F.E.M.A.L.E. (Formerly Employed Mothers
At the Leading Edge)
How to Raise A Family & A Career Under One Roof is
a much-needed "how-to" manual for anyone contemplating
a home-based business while also having to carry out child care
responsibilities and supervision. It is "must" reading
whose precepts, if faithfully applied, will result in a healthy
business enterprise and a happy family life.
--James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review
Extremely well written . . . Wonderful advice!
--John Sebastian, WABJ Radio, The Morning Show
This book is an excellent resource -- detailed, sincere and
full of usable information. Lisa is clearly dedicated to what
she does and to helping others become successful in both their
families and careers. A great guide that can help smooth out
a process that may seem daunting to many!
--George Chamberlin, KCEO-AM, Money in the Morning
By the year 2000, 60% of the work force will be contract workers.
How to Raise A Family & A Career Under One Roof is
a most timely aid for those considering starting a home-based
business and raising a family simultaneously. Lisa Roberts thoughtfully
covers the many complex issues that go into creating this new
way of life: the integration of work and family.
--Elizabeth Adler, author of Everyone's Guide to Successful
Publications
Starting a new -"chapter" in life is always a bit
scary, and starting a home business can certainly seem overwhelming.
How to Raise A Family & A Career Under One Roof includes
all the tools needed to start your home business and adds a nice
touch of motivation and encouragement to let you know it can
be done!
--Lesley Spencer, Founder and President of Home-Based Working
Moms
Lisa Roberts addresses all the crucial questions every parent
contemplating opening a home business should consider. Few books,
if any, provide more insight into the personal rewards which
go hand-in-hand with home-based entrepreneurship than this one.
--Constance Hallinan Lagan, President, The Entrepreneurial Center
for Small Business Development
How to Raise A Family & A Career Under One Roof is
right on target for those just starting a home-based business.
I wish it was around eight years ago when I was first starting
out.
--Beverly Williams, Founder/President, American Association of
Home-Based Businesses
How to Raise A Family & A Career Under One Roof
is a blueprint to help you manage your work successfully while
also honoring your most precious personal priorities. As the
owner of a home-based business, spouse and parent, I'll keep
a copy on my own bookshelf!
--Paula Ancona, National Columnist and author of SuccessAbilities!
Lisa Roberts has written a practical and entertaining book
chock full of valuable and honest advice. Both old-timers and
newcomers to home business will find it an enthusiastic and witty
book that is supportive of their dreams for both their careers
and their families.
--Kimberly Metz, Words Unlimited, Rapid City, South Dakota
Combining family and business is essential to home business
success. This book offers clear solutions on how to do it and
is written in a light and enjoyable way. If you don't have a
home-based business now, you will want one; if you do, you will
appreciate it more!
--Diana Ennen author of Words From Home
Being able to simultaneously edit, send e-mail, nurse my daughter
and nonchalantly spill coffee on my nightgown has allowed me
to achieve my career ambitions with graceful privacy! With 10
years of experience behind her, Lisa Roberts knows from whence
I speak and offers this insightful, informative book to all of
us who long to be both entrepreneurs and @home parents.
--Amy Condra-Peters, Publisher of The Mother Is Me
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