Do your mornings consist of constant rushing around to get yourself and your children ready for the day? Do you wake up before the sun’s even up and still find yourself checking your watch on the ride to work, wondering if you’re going to be late again? And are you constantly wondering why you can’t work from home like all those shiny, happy people you see in TV commercials?

Does this sound like your daily routine? If it does, and it’s really stressing you out, it may be time to consider different options. When you have a family to support, making it on just one income isn’t really an option, which is why the majority of families have 2 working parents. But for those who find that a regular 9 to 5 outside the home is taking too much time away from family matters, it may be time to consider the work from home option.

Depending on your field, telecommuting can be one option that will allow you to work from home. If you work a desk job and spend most of your time in an office alone, crunching numbers or talking to clients, there’s really no reason why you couldn’t do the same work at home. If you have no idea how to approach your boss with such a deal, think about how it would save the company money. It would allow you to get to work faster, because there’s no drive time. It will save them on electricity, internet and phone as well as free up an office.

And if you already have your own long distance and internet set up, the company will only have to reimburse you for the hours you work. Not to mention, you’ll have a nice little tax write-off when it comes time to file your returns. If your company is hesitant to try something like this out, ask to try it for only 1-2 days a week. If you can prove that you can get the same, or more work done by working from home, it’s a win-win for both you and your company.

On the other hand, if you’re ready to move on from your current work, there are a ton of work from home opportunities available online, from survey-taking to data entry to content writing. The pay may not quite match up to your current pay, but if you have some wiggle room, it may be worth it. After all, you may wind up working less hours with more time to spend with your kids.

When you to choose to work from home, you open yourself up to a world of choices. Don’t feel like getting dressed in the morning? Work in your pajamas! Did you get distracted by an activity with your child? Then get your work done once they go to bed! There are many benefits to being a work at home parent, but definitely one con: getting caught up in a scam job.

For one, if you have to pay a ton of money to get in, it may very well be a scam. If you can’t ever speak to a live person about the work at home opportunity, it may very well be a scam. And if you do a search on Google for the company that is offering it and tons of bad press comes up, then definitely beware.

However, there are sites out there with valid work from home opportunities, directories of a sort that test and confirm each job before posting them. Your best bet is to check out this type of site, but still do a little research on your own. Within days you might finally be able to quit the rat race, enjoy time with your kids, and still make the money you need to support your family all by taking on a work from home opportunity.