 The term WAHP began gaining popularity in the late 1990s especially as the growth of the Internet allowed for small business owners and entrepreneurs to have greater options for starting and running their businesses.By 2004, over 20 million people worked at home at least part-time (either as business owners or in a formal arrangement with their employer), many of whom were parents.In 2008, a digital magazine was established by a WAHM with a decade of experience in the publications field specifically for work-at-home parents.