Anxiety Disorders in Children Support Group

Childhood","This community is for parents and caregivers of children who exhibit signs of anxiety. Anxiety refers to a complex combination of negative emotions that includes fear, apprehension and worry, and is often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, nausea, chest pain and/or shortness of breath."

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redhead2468 08/04/2015

My son has extreme separation anxiety, which has caused me to be unable to go to work. I have struggled for a year trying to balance these; at first I took a lot of FMLA, then I decreased my hours, then I worked in the evenings and on weekends so he could stay with family, but nothing has helped. I need to make money. Any ideas for how I could work from home?

Rochelle43 08/16/2015

I notice you have not received any replies to this yet. Work from home jobs that pay decently are very hard to find, I think. I wanted to work from home as well, and I tried my hand at medical transcription with no luck. I did all the training and got my first job right away only to find that I wasn't going to make much of anything. I'm not saying that MTs never make anything, but I found where it was going to take me a long time to work up to making anything. For me it was very stressful for very little pay. There have been others who have been able to make a living out of it, and that's great, but it didn't work for me.

Have you thought about babysitting in your home? I realize this is not for everyone, but it is an idea. Other than that I just can't think of anything. I have a friend who worked from home answering calls for a company, but I don't know much about it. I do think she had to be available at certain times and had to get a separate phone line for it.

Good luck to you, and I hope someone else can give you some better ideas!

bonnieboo11 08/16/2015

Try West my friend worked for them for years. There are many companies who contract with west so you have a good choice. I know pizza hut, a credit card company are companies within West.You have to commit to certain hours but you can choose any hours you want.Also Live Ops is another,they are more flexible.You don't have to choose hours ahead of time so say you are bored on a Monday afternoon,you just log in and start taking calls.I tried to do both but I don't think they do P.A. because it keeps saying "we are not hiring in that area.You do need a landline phone though.Best of luck!

bonnieboo11 08/16/2015

make that West At Home

zen27 09/10/2015

What about selling items on ebay? My son has seperation anxiety, and he is in school, but I am 'on call' just in case. I babysit, and when the kids sleep, I sell items on ebay. Just another idea for you.

cmbarton3 09/10/2015

I sell on eBay too!! You can really make a decent amount doing it when you can. I would definitely recommend it!

bonnieboo11 09/11/2015

What do you sell on ebay?

cmbarton3 09/12/2015

I typically sell name brand kids and adult clothing and handbags. You'd be amazed at what you can find in second hand and thrift stores!! I will also sell items for friends, I keep 30% of what the item sells for.

kristinecook 09/27/2015

I do home day care and sell travel from home.

I have a boy who never wants to leave my side. His separation anxiety was terrible. He also has other issues. We have found a way to help him cope with his anxiety. its not 100% cured but its manageable. Please see the link below and my little man explains what he did to help him go to school and leave my side. He was a sever case of anxiety and its amazing how if you can just figure out something creative and out of the box then it might help. Again its not cured him but is leading us in the right direction. Please see the link below.

https://youtu.be/cS5I4wqqToc "

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