There are so many of them that they would be impossible to list them all here, but here are some ideas for you to consider.

One of the work from home options that is quite popular for people who leave their jobs because they realize that they are spending too much money on child care that it isn't worth working is starting your own child care business at home.

Babysitting has been a perennial way of making good money at home, but there are costs involved.

You will need to advertise in the local newspaper for your new business. You will need to buy extra food each week to feed the additional mouths. You will need to have age appropriate toys for all of the kids you keep, as well as activities for holidays, birthdays, and things like that.

As well, you need to think of the cost of repairs to your home and replacing broken items than kids can damage - just by being kids.

Perhaps there are better work at home options than bringing others into your home. Perhaps you could find something that you can make money from home on the internet, like one of those turnkey business opportunities that you see advertised on late night television and that you get ads for in your e-mail.

Such turnkey businesses are excellent work at home options, but you need to make an initial investment: pay the monthly fees to host your website, and budget some money for advertising etc, but it is worth it if you take the right steps to make your business successful.

But are these work from home sites legitimate? That is a good question, and the answer is yes and no.

The work at home options that you find on work from home sites are usually perfectly legitimate and legal, but there are a few rogues out there that you will need to be careful of.

Watch out for the ones that make outrageous promises, like become a millionaire in your first month.

Watch out for the ones that don't give you all of the information up front or that make you register to get the information.

Avoid any website that offers no contact information.