Together we are rebuilding a new economy that will support us rather than enslave us. Never again, will we have to choose between raising our children and earning to provide for them. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.

Moms and Dads looking to bring one parent home to stay with their children in an age when 2 incomes are vital for a family's survival are finding their inspiration through activist and motivator, Ally Loprete, your radio host of This Little Parent Stayed Home. 

Laugh along with This Little Parent... each week, as you go through this "no-brainer" tutorial that will show you how to give up your corporate salary, and get started supplementing your family revenue offering the skills you've always had. This Little Parent... covers important issues such as how to work as a family unit to make your dreams become a reality (how to get your spouse on your side), how to discover untapped resources in your very own community, how to start a business for under $200, and everyone's favorite: how to manage your time between building your business, providing for your family, and taking much needed time for yourself to recharge each day. You'll learn how to survive on a fixed budget, work around additional expenses simply by getting creative, and enjoy more time with your family as nature intended.

About The Host

Known as the Work/Life Balance Parenting expert, Ally Loprete’s career began when she  founded the widely popular OurMilkMoney.com, an online search directory that lists the products and services of thousands of self-employed parents in more than 120 cities across the country.  In addition to inspiring a movement of work-at-home moms and dads who support each other with their own purchasing power,  Ally has created an abundance of opportunity for parents who are seeking alternatives to expensive daycares and long hours away from home.

Prior to becoming a self-employed parent, Ally spent several years in various creative roles at ABC Television, and although her time there was rewarding and plentiful,  it wasn't until her first child was born that she came to realize her true calling in life. Returning to work with knots in her stomach from dropping her newborn off at a poorly run home daycare, she became determined to find a way to better her family's situation.

Ally has become a nationally recognized personality through her widely popular internet radio show, THIS LITTLE PARENT STAYED HOME, where she is diligently chipping away at her mission to help 1 million parents bring their personal careers home. It is on her weekly live show that she is able to help challenged career parents deal with the sometimes overwhelming prospect of starting a new business while still running a household, and creating a haven in which parents across the nation will continue to thrive and get the support they need in their personal journeys. 

Ally Loprete has been featured in Working Mother Magazine, the Los Angeles Daily News, ABC TV's Eye Witness News, and in a great deal of internet media including The Business Opportunities Weblog, Divine Caroline, Motherhood Incorporated, WorkItMom, Work at Home Success, Inc. Magazine and The Mommy Reporter, to name just a few. Ally writes a column entitled HOME FREE for the Santa Clarita Valley Tidbits weekly magazine and is a nationally recognized motivational speaking to many women's groups across the country with a concentration on family and career balance.

About the Show

Being able to afford the luxury of keeping one parent home has become one of the most widely common goals in families across America today, yet most families don’t believe its possible to survive on only one income. This Little Parent... speaks to BOTH parents in a way that encourages coming together as a family unit and using ones own resources to be able to adequately provide for the children in the best way possible for the family. Join host, Ally Loprete as she leads us in a new revolution by helping us to realize the reality of our potential, and the potential for a better reality! 

This Little Parent... takes a fresh and straight forward approach to helping moms and dads to realize that there is a better and more economical way. Through Ally’s effervescent energy, families across the country are being offered a solution to regain control of all that feels misplaced in the last few decades. This Little Parent... is a concept that will allow you to adequately embrace your family values and your entrepreneurial spirit by joining the thousands of other parents who are contributing to a vibrant change! No other program dares to be as brutally honest about what to expect, yet inspires us to take the boldest risks of our lives. This is a truly realistic, no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is method that will have you laughing and crying, surviving while struggling, and hammering away at the hardships as you travel through one of the greatest journeys of your life. Get empowered by joining thousands of other parents who have also decided to take a leap of faith into a double career with longer hours and half the pay simply because of the love they have for their children. Listen in each week as This Little Parent... invites parent entrepreneurs across the country, and the members of OurMilkMoney.com to share their stories of struggle and success.  Callers with specific questions will be coached on the air. 

To Borrow or not to Borrow?

Whether you are just at the beginning stages of your new home career or you've had a decent amount of success growing your small business and are ready to catapult yourself to the next level, additional capital needs to be considered.

Starting with a larger investment might enable you to grow your business more agressively, but if you don't happen to have deep pockets you can find ways to fund your business through other areas of value. It's pretty simple really. You can't afford to hire a web designer? Spend a few days scouring the internet for free YouTube tutorials and teach yourself how to do it for nothing. What you lack in funding you can make up with time.

The bottom line is you shouldn't let a great business idea fall by the wayside because you lack capital. If you have a stellar idea, a viable business plan and a whole lot of passion, there are always options for finding a way to launch your business. So tighten up those belts and get ready to ask the right questions about how to get the money you need to get going.

How much do you need to have saved to be able to leave your corporate salary and begin working for yourself full time?

How much should you invest in your  business?

How much of your return should you keep for yourself and how much should be invested back into the business?

Do you need an investor? How does that work?

How long should you wait for a return before changing your methods?

How do you create a budget for your business?

What are the basic start-up costs for a new home based business? (Licenses, trademark, website, patents, etc...)

Known as the "Financial Mom" Pam Otten will be answering these questions and more.

If you would like to be featured live on the air with a question or a comment, our phone lines will be open: 877-864-4869 or if you are unable to listen live, but would like to have a question or comment read on the air please fill out this form.

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This Week's Guest

Pamela Otten

Pamela Otten, the Financial Mom, is the CEO of Pamela Otten LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor located in Wisconsin. Pam is a Financial Advisor who loves to help women understand the "mysteries" of the investment world. She firmly believes investing is not rocket science - women instinctively know the investing rules - and we still don't follow them.

Pam will take you back to financial basics, help you become more confident in your financial future, and teach you how to tell your money where to go (in a very good way). She will talk about almost anything if you can give her a good story about how it relates to your finances!

Pam is an Endorsed Local Provider (ELP) of Investing for Dave Ramsey (www.daveramsey.com), and is a huge supporter of Dave's Financial Peace University course, coordinating Financial Peace University 3 times already for her church.

Pam's passive investment approach is based on Modern Portfolio Theory, which includes more than 50 years of academic research and Nobel prize-winning economics. She specializes in working with successful women business owners and entrepreneurs, and women in transition due to job change, death, or divorce.

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For Mother's Day this year, what is it you REALLY want?

If you are like most work-at-home moms I know, a relaxing day off with no responsibility for anyone other than yourself might sound like just the thing. But what would make it even more precious would be the ability to sustain that rejuvenation the other 364 days of the year.
 
For me, that gift is knowing that my hard work and determination has a pay-off. Otherwise what is the point? Working at home is like taking on a double career for half the pay- and only some of us will actually see results in our income. Those odds are not very reassuring.
 
So why do we keep at it? Because we love and care for our families and are determined to provide for them. Because we want to share ourselves with them as mothers and caretakers. Because we don't see any other way.
 
The truth is, as parents,  our time is VALUABLE and oh-so sparse. Focused work time without interruption is as scarce as hens’ teeth, so what little we have, we need to invest wisely. If you are not seeing the results you want, its time to re-evalute what you are doing with your precious time. What if I told you that I could give you the tools that would ensure you would see massive pay off this year?

Happy Mother's Day. You're welcome.

Most of the time its not about working HARD, its about working smart and strategically. I learned this and many more lessons 1 year ago at Tory Johnson's Spark and Hustle. This week I was reminded of where I was a year ago, and the clarity I received after I attending the game changing event.  I can't wait to revisit this with you on the show this week. I am fired up and ready to rock it at the next level. If you want to come with me to Spark and Hustle in LA, connect with my people at an event in a city near you, or if you need to talk it out with someone who will give it to your straight ... write to me personally and we'll talk about it together. Pushing throught my skepticism was a defining moment for me. It started me on a path that has led to everything I am accomplishing today. Give yourself what you truly want this Mother's Day. You deserve it.

The early bird rate for the kick-off  Spark & Hustle event ends on Monday, May 14. With the current savings, it's just $77 per person or $134 for two when registering together.

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This Week's Guest

Ellen Gerst

Ellen Gerst is a coach who helps clients to experience a change in perspective in order to move successfully through difficult life circumstances. With the ability to quickly drill down to the essence of a matter, she is able to effectively coach her clients to focus on achievable goals that will bring the most benefit to their lives.

Ellen is also the author of several books on a variety of subjects including, grief, dating, relationships, spirituality, networking, social media, caregiving, and weight loss. Currently, she is coaching others on how to write and market a book in their area of expertise.

Back from the Blast!

Last week's show was a hoot, wasn't it? It was exactly what I needed to let loose and feel more connected to my inner geek. Sometimes its neccessary to deviate from course a bit and shake things up. Thank you so much for your wonderful letters and participation!

Melissa M. writes:

"I needed this! It not only gave me reason to get out there and hit the gym, it gave me permission to enjoy listening to music that is mine."

Amanda P. says:

"That was truly hilarious!  Ally, I have been waiting for you to break out that singing voice of yours. That was the most fun I've ever had listening to your show."

Mendy G. says:

"I was listening to your podcast and DYING!
I ALSO have Rent on my music playlist
I'm a huge Broadway playlist nerd..."

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This week our beloved Kelly will not be able to join us, but in her place I am thrilled to introduce you to another one of my fabulous staff members: Roz Walker. You may not realize it, but Roz is behind the scenes every day giving you so much of what you love about OurMilkMoney.com. It's Roz who is setting up our weekly giveaways and handling the contests, tweeting out our message each night, and posting all of those thoughtful and insightful  quotes on our Facebook Fanpages. (nope, I can't take credit for it... it's all Roz!)

Always on the edge of the latest social media trends, we are so very fortunate to have Roz tell us where we need to be, when and most importantly WHY! In addition to being an active a full time staff member of OurMilkMoney.com, Roz is CEO of CovertSocialMedia.com, where she is an expert on things like gaining followers on social media, social branding and small business PR. She is also a true advocate of work-at-home moms and is a busy multi-tasking mom of 2 little ones herself.

Roz will be helping me interview our wonderfully insightful and altruistic guest, Debra Slover, whose mission is to plant seeds of the next generation and grow them into world leaders! Look out parents! Your child could be a pioneer in the making!

Roz Walker left a successful corporate career to come home to her kids.  She knew she would have to work from home in order to make up for the loss of her income, and started her search.  She always had an entrepreneurial spirit (she started three businesses before the age of 11), but she wasn’t exactly sure which type of business she wanted to run from home.  
Roz tried various ventures and found it was very challenging navigating through all of the good and bad opportunities to discover her ideal niche.  Recognizing she had a love for marketing and networking online, she built a business around it and Covert Social Media was borne (www.CovertSocialMedia.com).  However, once she found her career passion, Roz experienced new challenges of marketing her business, attracting her ideal clients, and managing it all.  She dug in and found ways to overcome these challenges and to help her business thrive.

Roz decided that she wanted to help other moms avoid the many struggles she had encountered, and started her blog, www.RozKWalker.com (aka The Savvy Mompreneur) to give free advice, information, and resources to help other mompreneurs quickly launch and grow a successful home business.

This Week's Guest

Debra Slover

Debra J. Slover is a Mom’s Choice Award® winning author of U.N.I.Q.U.E. KIDS: Growing My Leadership Garden and social entrepreneur who created the Leadership Garden® Legacy framework as an empowerment tool for families, schools, social service agencies, and businesses who desire to create fertile ground for children to reach their full potential.

With more than 34 years experience empowering unique leaders, Debra knows how to grow personal leadership from the inside out and ground up using fable and metaphor.

A mother of five and grandmother of eight, she lives in Albany, Oregon with her husband Terry, and dog Mooko.

Me? Work out? You must be joking. Do I look like someone who likes to sweat?

It was as though I had an allergic reaction to fitness- for most of my life. Joining a gym seemed like the dumbest idea and the biggest waste of money. EVER. Unless there were Broadway show tunes playing and I had my tap shoes on, I didn't like being active. AT ALL.

Running or even walking on a treadmill was pure torture for me. I'd heard people talk about the endorphin rush they got when working out, but I was sure it was a myth.

Then one day I became one of them... a fitness junkie. It started with the desire to have an uninterrupted shower - ("you mean, I can put the kids in the gym daycare and just...shower?") and then I made a deal with myself that I could only shower if I had walked for 10 minutes on the treadmill. It wasn't long before I was enjoying my 1 hour workout SO MUCH, that I was actually sad to have to end my time at the gym.

Yep. All true. Not a myth. I drank the Kool Aide.

This week. I am going to share with you my secrets to incorporating (and loving it) fitness into our stay-at-home routines- especially as a busy career mom who barely has time to brush her own hair. You will thank me for this one.

This week, tune in to learn:

-->Why my gym membership is the best investment I've made in my Home Business

-->How I went from HATING the work-out to loving it.

--> My "guilty pleasure" song list that is guaranteed to make you want to keep moving effortlessly!

--> How to take advantage of all of the benefits of the gym. Everything from cheap child care, to free wi-fi.

--> How to MELT away aches and pains with a self-treatment technique invented to bring youthfulness back to tired, aging bodies.

This week, our special guest is my favorite fitness instructor, Gloria Stewart. There is so much to love about Gloria.  She's fun, knowledgable and cutting edge! I became instantly addicted to her M.E.L.T. classes and couldn't wait to introduce her!

What is M.E.L.T?

The M.E.L.T. Method® (MELT) is a self-treatment technique that helps prevent pain, heal injury, and erase the negative effects of aging and active living. MELT simulates the hands-on techniques that Gloria Stewart uses to eliminate stress, pain, and dysfunction in her MELT classes. This unique Hands-off Bodywork™ approach is the first treatment that simulates the techniques – and the results – of manual therapy.

MELT is the first neurofascial technique. This patent-pending method brings your body back to a more ideal state by directly enhancing body awareness, rehydrating connective tissue, and quieting the nervous system. The first time you MELT, you see and feel a difference – and over time, you can transform how your body looks and feels.

MELT is changing the way people care for their bodies. This proactive approach to maintaining a healthy, pain-free, active lifestyle is the best solution for living longer…better.

Friday, we're going to MELT!!

This Week's Guest

Gloria Stewart

Gloria Stewart believes that the key to good health is adhering to a well-rounded fitness program that includes a healthy– fresh–whole–food diet, an exercise program that incorporates all the components; resistance training, cardio vascular training, muscular stretching, and connective tissue rehydration. She has been in the Fitness Industry for over 15 years as an ACE Certified Personal Trainer. She runs her own personal training business out of The Santa Clarita Athletic Club, in Los Angeles, CA. Gloria’s experience ranges from training young athletes to assisting aging adults in their strength training and MELT routines. Her experience also lies in corrective exercise for muscular and postural imbalance, and that is where MELT is used in her practice.

"Rock bottom was the solid foundation on which I built my life."

-J.K. Rowling

On January 11, 2012, I recieved an email from my good friend, a previous guest, Bonnie Stern:

Dear Ally,
I have a favor to ask of you and I would really appreciate you considering this.  This is a blog that belongs to a friend of mine's good friend.  The woman who wrote this started Clueberry Business Empowerment and has 3 small children.  Clueberry has different components that are all meant to empower mothers and their children.  This is a true story of what happened to her recently when her husband came home from Afghanistan... Please read the whole thing.  I think you will understand why I feel that you really would be doing such an amazing service to interview her for your show.  I would really appreciate you considering her.  xo  Thank you sooooooooo much!  Bonnie

That night I read about Chrissy Harmon's near death experience after her husband beat her up.  She admits she fought back.  But she never expected to be thrown in jail, covered in blood from a serious head wound that he gave her when he threw her head down on the kitchen counter. 

Due to legal issues that blog that I read that evening is no longer available online. However, Chrissy sent me the photos of her the night she almost lost her life. These were too gruesome to post on this message, but available for viewing on a private link. PLEASE BE ADVISED: These photos are bloody, gruesome and intensly disturbing. 

Dear Bonnie, I just spent the last 40 min pouring over Chrissy's blog, sobbing. I am sort of in shock by it all… trying to process it all- how I might help her…how she is already on her way to helping so many others.  She is already inspiring and making a difference for so many!
I have no doubt this is the end of her trauma and the beginning of a new life for her and her children. I can feel her strength in every word she wrote…. I am just in awe. Sad for what she had to go through, but excited for her new beginning and how far she is going to take this experience to help others. In this moment,  believe she just might find a way to end violence everywhere. She has that kind of power.
And YES,  I would love to interview her. This woman will never be alone again- not if I can help it.
xo, Ally