It’s interesting, but our research shows that many websites define work at home moms only as those who own their own businesses of some kind, including home parties. Some sites even insinuate that a mother who uses childcare is not a work at home mom by definition.
I don’t believe that a WAHM must own her own business. Several years ago I worked for a large corporation in which hundreds of employees worked remotely from their homes. We were fully employed by the corporation and could work flex time. Those of us with kids worked hard to balance the children and our work, sometimes using childcare and sometimes not using childcare. Another great example is a mom who does customer service via computer or phone from home.
I think in those cases, the moms were just as much WAHM as someone who does home parties or runs a business from home. Even if you are using some childcare, you are still accounting for things like working while the kids are home sick, volunteering for school functions, and juggling school breaks and vacations.
We’re going to stick with our original definition here at the WAHM Study that as long as you are working from your home and generating some amount of income, you are a WAHM. Whether you choose to work for another company or use childcare is inconsequential to the definition.
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