So you are looking for a way to supplement your income while at the same time looking after the kids at home.  Depending on your circumstances there are a few different working from home opportunities available to you.

First of all it is highly unlikely you will find any actual “employment” that will give you a part time job at home.  Most people working at home are doing so because they have started their own little business.  Don’t think this is too hard for you to do as you would be surprised at how easy it really is.

Now if you are a stay at home Mom, what kind are you?  Do you ever have any time where the kids aren’t around that would enable you to go out and do a little bit of work?  Or do you have a baby and therefore any work you undertake MUST be done from the house.

For the Moms that have some time that allows them to leave the home there are many more options open to you.  Perhaps one of the easiest is to offer cleaning or housekeeping services.  You could target the more affluent areas where everyone works and the householders have no time to clean for themselves or the retired and elderly areas.

This can be a very quick way to get some instant work as people who are looking for such a service are very likely to hire you right away.  If you are in a position to undertake this type of part time work you could start by advertising in free places where these type of clientele frequent.

For older people the post office is a good place to put an ad in the window or something like that.  Some may charge you a small fee like $1 per week or month.   Very reasonable advertising cost and can result in some work very quickly.  You could also print up some flyers and distribute them in the retirement areas nearby your home or if you have a car you could venture out even further.

It would be best to knock the doors and speak to the people as apposed to dropping the flyer in the mailbox.   If you don’t speak to the potential client then your flyer will very likely end up in the garbage.  However speaking face to face with them enables them to see who you are and will make a lasting impression upon them as having someone come into your home and clean is a little daunting for many.  They want to be sure they are comfortable with you and a flyer will not enable them to see if you meet those requirements or not.

The same can be done if you are targeting the more well to do clientele.  However the time of day you canvas will likely have to be well picked as they are much less likely to be home.  Where you advertise as well can be harder as these type of people don’t tend to spend much time gazing at window ads.  They are pushed for time so they get in and out of the shops as quickly as possible.

Another nice thing about cleaning work is that your name and reputation tend to spread like wild fire.  Once you have a few clients you will find they quickly recommend you to friends and soon you will have too much work.  Be sure not to under price yourself or be too cheap as it’s very hard to raise prices later.  When people recommend you they will be sure to tell their friends what your rates are so you won’t be able to raise your price for those new customers.

It’s not just cleaning services you could offer but anything really that these type of people need.  It just so happens that cleaning is one of the most likely required services by many.  Ironing services are also popular in some places.

Now if you happen to be a real stay at home Mom i.e. there’s no way you can leave the house and all work must be done from home, there are still some legitimate work from home opportunities available to you.

If you happen to have any skills be sure to try and market these skills ie sewing or the like.   Again for this you will need to advertise.  You could offer drop off and pick up laundry or ironing services.  People usually prefer someone come to their home for this, but that doesn’t rule out the possiblity that some are willing to bring the work to you in order to save a little bit of money.  Because drop off and pick up are naturally much cheaper than having someone come to your home and do it.

Further, some people may not like having strangers in their home and therefore wouldn’t even consider an on site service at all.  These are the perfect customers for working from home Moms.

Apart from these manual services there are also a few free legitimate work from home opportunities that you can do using your computer.  If you are able to write an article about a certain topic, or any topic, there are many people out there that will pay you money to be a “Ghost Writer”.  They basically give you a topic to write about and you come up with something unique based on that topic.  The length of the article will depend upon the customer, and the amount you earn is completely up to you.

However, keep in mind the competition is also pretty fierce as there are a lot of other stay at home moms and other people doing the very same thing.  Further, if you don’t have a reputation or experience it’s going to be very difficult to get any writing work.  So in the beginning you will very likely have to charge very low rates, maybe even work for as little as $1 per hour just to get your foot in the door and some part time work coming your way.

The work itself isn’t that hard, but actually getting the customers and the work will be very hard.  If you want to try you can join some websites that connect writers to the people who want the content.  You may have to give a portion of the fee to the website, but you will still make money regardless and the work you get from the client after the fact might be fee free.

If the above doesn’t appeal to you then you could try the other legitimate no free work from home for free opportunity I talk about on this site.  Just click that link to read more as there is no point in me repeating the info here.  It doesn’t require you to get any customers so that’s nice but the work itself is much harder than just simply writing an article.

All of the jobs above would be considered completely legit work from home jobs.  They don’t require you to pay any fees, they aren’t MLM or pyramid schemes.  However, if none of the above jobs appeal to you as a stay at home mom you might consider one of the MLM schemes mentioned on this site.  These are quite easy to do and the fees are as low as $3.40.  If you have a little bit of internet knowledge and can place ads in places then you might be successful at it.

Other computer jobs at home could include paid to click.  You basically earn money by looking at and clicking on ads.  However this is very little, maybe amounting to about $1 or so per hour.

Feel free to have a browse through this site where you may find a work from home opportunity that suits you.