{"id":5005,"date":"2021-05-11T17:14:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T17:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobhunt.fj-dev.com\/finding-work-from-home-child-centric-business\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T16:27:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T23:27:51","slug":"finding-work-from-home-child-centric-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/finding-work-from-home-child-centric-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Work From Home? Yes, You Can! The Child-Centric Business Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a way to earn an income from home?<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 197, 179, 0.4);\"><strong>Love babies, toddlers, pre-teens, and\/or teenagers (or tolerate them very well)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If so, you&#8217;re in luck!<\/p>\n<p>This article is focused on child-centric business options.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Why<\/em> a Child-Centric Business?<\/h2>\n<p>I like businesses that focus on children for several reasons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><em style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 197, 179, 0.4);\">Parents enjoy an &#8220;insider&#8221; advantage. <\/em><\/h3>\n<p>As a parent, it is likely that you already have thoughts about child-focused products and services that other parents might find useful or appealing. This &#8220;insider&#8221; advantage will make it easier to both research and market your services to other parents with whom you socialize on a regular basis.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><em style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 197, 179, 0.4);\">People love to spend money on their children.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>How many parents do you know that indulge their children? Chances are you know quite a few! Even during tough economic times, when people slash their personal expenditures, parents continue to spend for their children, especially when they believe those purchases are a smart investment in their children&#8217;s future. Consequently, child-focused businesses tend to be more recession-resistant during a financial downturn.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><em style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 197, 179, 0.4);\">Creating a child-centric business can be a lifestyle-friendly choice. <\/em><\/h3>\n<p>It allows you to integrate your children&#8217;s interests with a business that is uniquely aligned with your family&#8217;s values and hobbies. Many child-centric businesses can be run from home and structured to be compatible with the demands of running a household.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Child-Centric Biz Ideas<\/h2>\n<p>There are thousands of options for creating a child-centric business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(0, 197, 179, 0.4);\">From delivering art classes to selling children&#8217;s clothing to providing daycare services to teaching music lessons, the alternatives for kid-centric biz ideas are limited only by your imagination.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a parent, think about the help you would like &#8212; or would have liked &#8212; to make your life easier or your children safer or happier.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three possibilities to consider:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><em style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 197, 179, 0.4);\">&nbsp; Doula:&nbsp; <\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The birth of a new baby is a time of great joy, but it can also be a period of considerable stress, especially for new parents who lack the support of nearby family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>A doula can help ease the transition to parenthood and provide a much-needed service to anxious parents by assisting with newborn care, preparing meals and light household duties.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Birth doulas<\/strong><\/em> comfort and assist the mother during labor and delivery while <em><strong>postpartum doulas <\/strong><\/em>provide companionship and logistical support during the weeks immediately following the arrival of a newborn.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dona.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DONA International<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><em style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 197, 179, 0.4);\">&nbsp; Tutor:&nbsp; <\/em><\/h3>\n<p>If you have experience as a teacher, or have a gift for explaining ideas and concepts to children, then you might consider operating a part-time tutoring service.<\/p>\n<p>The outlook for private tutoring services is strong, particularly in competitive school districts where parents flock to tutors in hopes of giving their child an edge above their peers.<\/p>\n<p>Earning potential varies according to locale and specialty but can run as high as $150\/hr+ in metropolitan areas. Rates can go even higher for SAT and other college prep tutoring services.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about tutor certification and tutoring careers, check out this resource: <a title=\"How to Become a Tutor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnhowtobecome.org\/tutor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How to Become a Tutor<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><em style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 197, 179, 0.4);\">&nbsp; Inventor:&nbsp; <\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Parents who innovated their own solutions to a kid-related challenge are responsible for many of the most popular kid-related products on the market today.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, just having a smart idea is not enough to create a winning product; you&#8217;ll need to do a considerable amount of homework in order to find the most cost-efficient ways to design, produce, and market your invention.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, check out <a title=\"Patent and Trademark Research Association\" href=\"https:\/\/ptrca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patent and Trademark Research Association<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>The Bottom Line:<\/h3>\n<p>With both parents usually working in full-time jobs and the many single parents working to support their children, the demand for support is high. If you enjoy children, this could be the perfect job\/business for you.<\/p>\n<h3>To Learn More About Work From Home:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/job-hunt.org\/finding-work-from-home-making-life-easier\/\">Work From Home: Making Life Easier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Work From Home: Social Media Consultant\" href=\"https:\/\/job-hunt.org\/work-from-home-social-media-consultant\/\">Work From Home: Social Media Consultant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Work From Home: Sales Jobs\" href=\"https:\/\/job-hunt.org\/finding-work-from-home-sales-jobs\/\">Work From Home: Sales Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/job-hunt.org\/finding-work-from-home-caretaking\/\">Work From Home: Caretaking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Guide to Freelancing\/Contracting\" href=\"https:\/\/job-hunt.org\/..\/freelance-contractor-jobs\/freelance-contractor-jobs\/\">Guide to Freelancing\/Contracting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Work from Home Effectively\" href=\"https:\/\/job-hunt.org\/..\/freelance-contractor-jobs\/work-effectively-from-home\/\">How to Work from Home Effectively<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" pull-right img-responsive img-circle\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 10px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/job-hunt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Nancy-Collamer-6.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Collamer\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><strong>About the author&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/job-hunt.org\/lifestyle-friendly-careers-expert\/\">Nancy Collamer<\/a>, M.S., is a semi-retirement coach, speaker, and author of<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Second-Act-Careers-Profit-Passions-Semi-Retirement\/dp\/1607743825\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1342560473&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=nancy+collamer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement<\/a><\/em>. You can now download her free workbook called&nbsp;<em>25 Ways to Help You Identify Your Ideal Second Act&nbsp;<\/em>on her website at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylifestylecareer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MyLifestyleCareer.com<\/a>&nbsp;(and you\u2019ll also receive her free bi-monthly newsletter).<br \/>\n<a title=\"More about this author\" href=\"https:\/\/job-hunt.org\/..\/work-from-home-jobs\/lifestyle-friendly-careers-expert\/\">More about this author<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy Collamer, Job-Hunt&#8217;s Lifestyle-Friendly Careers Expert, suggests 3 child-centric businesses you could start and run from your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":20621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"old-site-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,81,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-working-from-home","category-lifestyle-jobs","category-remote-jobs"],"last_modified_at":"","edited_by":"Jessica Howington","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5005"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24107,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005\/revisions\/24107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.job-hunt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}