When you have a family to care and provide for, finding a job which allows you to spend more time with your family while still bringing in enough income can be difficult. Many parents have to work long hours to make ends meet, before coming home to even more responsibilities to take care of around the house and looking after their children.

This whole process can be exhausting and stressful, which over time can be detrimental to your mental health and wellbeing. However, there are ways in which you can make more money on the side of your main job which will help you to increase your financial security while still getting to spend time at home with your family.

If you are looking for some ideas of different moonlighting opportunities which will help you to bring in more income, then here are a few ideas which you might find useful.

Child day care

If you have young children of your own who you are going to be looking after during the day, then why not make this a profitable venture by creating a child day care environment within your own home? So long as you can invest in the proper licensing and insurance, there is nothing to stop you from looking after the children of your friends and neighbors while they are out at work in return for a small fee to bring in some extra income.

Tutoring

You can become a tutor in any subjects that you are knowledgeable and adept in, from math and science to music and the creative arts. There is always a demand for tutors in a wide range of subjects, and so long as you can demonstrate a keen aptitude for the subjects you would like to tutor in, you don’t need any specific qualifications to do so.

Freelance writing

If you are a keen writer, then there are many different job opportunities as a freelance writer which you could manage from the comfort of your own home. You could be blogging about subjects which you enjoy, writing for magazines or doing content writing for other people.

Selling products online

If you would like more of a creative job role, then you could always create your own products and distribute them yourself; for example, you could design and sell t-shirts online. Sites such as Amazon and eBay make it fairly easy to distribute your products for a small fee, and you often have the opportunity to refer any additional shipping fees to the customers.

Social media management

If you would like a job role which doesn’t take too much investment, then freelance social media management is something which might be right for you. Roles like this don’t usually pay particularly well, but they do come with other perks such as gifted items or product discounts. Doing social media management would be ideal for a parent who is just looking for something which will bring in a small amount of income without taking up too much time or effort out of their day.

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