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10 Perfect Side Hustles for Caregivers

1. Child Care

Offer after-school childcare services with customizable rates, hours, and number of children to help families and earn money on your schedule.

2. Children's Party Planning

Busy parents often seek to outsource the time-consuming task of planning a perfect party, such as a birthday, baptism, or bat mitzvah, requiring lots of effort and attention to detail.

3. Tutoring

Busy parents can conveniently utilize their expertise in certain subjects by tutoring other children, either at home or online, as sessions usually last about an hour.

4. Catering

Utilize your culinary skills to earn money by catering for holidays or offering homemade meals to new parents, either through friends, family or local marketing.

5. Photography

Use your photography skills to capture and share cute photos of your kids on Instagram, and consider exploring pregnancy/birth photography or selling your photos to royalty-free websites like Snapwire to earn money.

6. Direct Sales

Direct sales is a flexible way for moms to earn money from home without any prior experience, which is why you might be receiving invitations on social media to check out companies like Scentsy and Stella & Dot.

7. Zumbini Teacher

Become a Zumbini instructor to lead the fun musical early childhood education program using original songs, dolls, and dance to help parents and kids bond without prior dance experience.

8. Freelance Writing

Freelance writing jobs with deadline-driven work, such as social media copy, blogs, website content, and email newsletters, can fit perfectly into a busy parent's schedule, offering flexibility to work during odd hours or naptime.

9. Virtual Assistant

Briggs says that having worked in an office equips one with organizational, administrative, calendar and email inbox management skills, all of which are essential to thriving as a virtual assistant.

10. Fitness Coach

Busy parents can become fitness coaches by creating a fitness lifestyle social channel to upload videos or setting up a home business and working with clients in person.

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