Family Wellness Mama

I’ve been pretty vocal about the fact that my current life ambition is to be a work from home mum. Being, say, a freelance writer (hint hint to any passing editors) would give me the freedom to work from the sofa in my pyjamas, with a box of maltesers.  It’s the dream, and a very appealing one since I’d be able to avoid skyrocketing childcare costs and choose my own working hours. So imagine my delight when not one, not two but three lovely people, made me aware of some exciting ‘business opportunities’.  They were opportunities to earn thousands of pounds and work from home, if I wanted more information all I had to do was ask. It all seemed too good to be true, because it was. Upon further investigation these multi-level marketing  companies seemed suspiciously like  pyramid schemes . Now I’m not going to name names, because the triangular shaped fat cats will sue my ass, instead I’m going to write a little list: 5 ways to spot a pyramid scheme:...