Working from home with children

After solving the problem of deciding whether to wear slippers or shoes to homework, the next major obstacle for many homeworkers is combining any kind of efficient working with childcare (a problem which now faces increasing numbers of fathers as well as mothers). This article by Danielle Hollister, How To Entertain A Child While Working From A Home Office, makes a wide range of suggestions which creditably don't include parking your little one in front of Mary Poppins. There's also some good advice, and plenty of comments from other readers too, by Dane Carlson at his Business Opportunities Weblog, by Kelly Ling at her Girls Will Be Girls site, and here at the US National Federation of Independent Business.