*Emergency* Please Give Your Opinion /Advice on Work & Childcare for My 2 Kids.

Sending your children away is not even an option. Move whereever you must to survive. Apply at stores/places wanting someone to work nights if hubby has to have the 9 - 5 days for your business. Apply at daycare centers that usually give muchs reduced/free rates to employees. Move to another county that has lower rent but can still have your business. Look into the extended stay motels as a home base for awhile. Apply for food stamps. Go to the St Vincent DePaul Society at St James Catholic Church in McDonough and ask for assistance. You will do better with face to face encounters at churches when asking for help. Where do you attend church? You might be able to swap childcare with someone working another shift than you are. If your husband thinks the girls need to go then perhaps you need to go and stay with them and find work there. This is not a time for them to be separated from you. V.

I am so sorry to hear about your situation G.. I have been in that same predicament but I am a single parent so I had no one else to help me with my 2 daughters, who at the time were 3 and 5. I wouldn't send them away because I spent years growing up being separated from my mother and siblings due to a bad divorce between my parents and until this day, I would still choose going through the bad times with her rather than without her. I know that as a parent you want what's best for your kids and you feel that you cannot provide that for them right now, but I would pack up my hubby and kids, put our heads together (even the little ones, you'd be surprised what their little minds come up with)and work it out together. I am in the hospitality industry and since I knew Florida was full of hotels/resorts and the cost of living is cheaper than here, we moved to Orlando where we had no friends and family and had the time of our lives because not only was I able to afford an apartment, but I was able to afford childcare with a starting income of $9.50/hr. My daughters are now 12 and 9 and begging to move back! I hope this advise helps and may you and your family be blessed!

First off, do you mean you would have to send them to another country or county? I don't know of another county that is a 19 hour flight so I am assuming you mean country. I would have to say there is something wrong with your husband if he would suggest you send your kids to another country because you have fallen on rough times. I would live out of my car before I sent them to live that far away. I don't mean to be harsh but I can't believe that your husband would even suggest that. If you really need to rely on their grandmother for support than I say you go and live there as well. Maybe you can find a job there. I would not for any reason leave my kids. I would try to apply for a night shift job. There has to be something out there. Check out Craigslist for the daily jobs. As far as daycare, if you can't find an evening job I know butts county recreation offers childcare for $50 a week. Maybe Henry County has something like that as well. Keep searching for options. Call the department of employment or whatever it is called. I'm sure you can find some way to keep your kids. Good luck.

I work from home for company called Arise. There is some cost to start up. But it is definitely legitimate. At least two of the ladies in my mom's group have worked for them for more than a year. The website is Arise.com. There is also a company called tutor.com that allows you to tutor students online from home. That one has no fees to begin. There is also a website www.womenforhire.com, that has a lot of information about legitimate work from home companies. They usually pay around $10/hour. And the great thing is, you get to choose your own hours, so you wouldn't have to put your kids in daycare at all.

I hope this information has been helpful. Good Luck!

M.