Star Community Newspapers: "“Mompreneurs,” or stay-at-home moms who redirect their creativity, experience and education into starting businesses on the side, are on the rise.
Many “mompreneurs” take a break from another career, intending to stay home for a while and work just one demanding job: that of mom. But a passion for their hobbies, the ability to be crafty and the realization that others wanted them too led many women to embrace the risks of starting a small business. Along the way, many say, they have found the perfect answer to combining parenthood with an engaging career.
Frisco resident Mary Stewart spent eight years teaching with Wylie Independent School District before she decided to become a stay-at-home mom after her second pregnancy.
At the time, Stewart was trying, with not much success, to teach her then 4-year-old daughter to tie her shoes. Using her creative flare and access to her father’s woodshop, Stewart developed a simple learning activity for her daughter. After spending 10 minutes with the “toy,” Stewart’s daughter was tying her own shoes."
Monday, July 28, 2008
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