Stay at home moms

#1

this is the most full of shit "analysis" i have ever read. How does a stay at home mother deserve more than your average firefighter? average policeman? The average soilder fighting in Iraq?? And, how many of you guys know women who make $131,471 a year?? Seriously, does anyone know a woman who does "stay at home mom" work and make that much money?
Ah, even more bullshit too show how women are great, and men.. arent. If they didn't want kids and wanted to get paid they should have kept their shit close and only open it up when it was time for business ( business...she whores for money...get it..ah fuck you!).

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Stay-At-Home Moms Deserve High Pay, Analysis Shows

By Jessica WohlSun May 1, 8:19 AM ET

The old adage that "a mother's work is never done" remains as true now as ever. Today's stay-at-home Moms are learning what their predecessors always knew -- they'd be making a lot of money doing their job outside the home.

Just in time for Mother's Day, an informal study conducted by Web site Salary.com shows that stay-at-home moms would earn an average of $131,471 annually, including overtime, if they received a paycheck.

A sampling of the 5.4 million stay-at-home mothers were asked to come up with job titles that fit a general description of their daily routines.

The titles -- which reflected the most time-consuming parts of their day -- include day-care center teacher, van driver, housekeeper, cook, chief executive officer, nurse and general maintenance worker, the survey showed.

Of course, a stay-at-home parent does not work typical office hours. The hypothetical median salary is based on a 100-hour work week and assumes caring for at least two children of school age.

"The importance of this calculation or this estimate is just calling attention to the fact that being a stay-at-home mom is not a cop out, it's not the woman's way out of the workforce and it's not a job of no value," said Bill Coleman, senior vice president of compensation at Salary.com. "There is a lot of value there, and some would say it's even priceless."

Salary.com, which tracks what jobs pay, suggested that the annual base pay for a 40-hour stay-at-home mom's workweek would be $43,461. Mothers would earn an additional $88,009 a year for 60 hours of overtime each week.

"I think I should definitely make that much," said Joanna Butti, who stays at home to care for her twin boys. "It's a hard job."

Coleman said feedback on the figure was mixed. Some felt mothers deserved more, some less. In general, though, many were pleased to see a figure above $100,000.

"Stay-at-home moms are enthusiastic and upbeat about their jobs, they didn't seem to need external validation," Coleman told Reuters. "They were also happy that they were getting attention, and that somebody was out there telling the world that what they do is valuable, and perhaps more valuable than one would expect."

Mothers said you cannot attach a figure to the time spent with their kids.

"I'm giving 150 percent of myself to them many hours a day," said Debra Miley, who stays home with two-year old daughter Olivia and four-month old son Gregory. "You cannot attach a dollar value to the time that you spend nurturing your child if you're lucky enough to be a stay-at-home mom."

#2

Well...

Since I have a child...And I've been home with him from day 1...All day, everyday, since day 1...Still with him everyday, all day...

This is some bullshit...I mean, honestly, the shit isn't that hard...You just can't be lazy about the shit...If you have a kid that is bad as fuck cause you won't discipline them, that's one thing...That may be a hard job indeed...

My kid wakes up, eats, gets a bath and starts his own day...Once they get in school, shit, the hard work is done...On top of that, they are your kids..!!! It is one thing to do all that shit for somebody else's kids, but it isn't a big deal when I do it for my own...

#3

A lady I know quit her job with a prominent insurance business and raised three kids while her husband made minimum wage to keep the family fed.

When the youngest child started 7th grade, she went back to work with another insurance company and worked another 25 years until the company closed its doors.

While she was raising her children, she took odd jobs like washing other people's clothes and she volunteered her time at the school to help slower students keep up with their classmates.

How do I know this lady? She's my mom. Now how much do you think she's worth?

#4

Well said!

My mom left her career (after attaining a Masters Degree) to raise the three of us. She found time to volunteer after we got older, but never did go back to her career, things had changed too much since.

She just passed away last year, feeling very satisfied with her life and for being able to spend as much time with us as she did. There's no price you can put on that. None.

#5

No doubt, my mom held it down too...

But raising your own kids shouldn't seem like a job, should it..? I hate to seem cheesy, but just being able to take care of my kid is more than enough payment...I don't feel I need to be compensated for handling my responsibility...

It seems like these women are saying that they want some sort of monetary gain from staying home and raising kids, as if it was a super hard job...That is a job to love more than any other, IMO...

Or did I just read it wrong..?

#6

I think children shouldn't be considered a job. That's what they're comparing it to. Women shouldn't be paid to take care of their children! I know that's not what this says, but it says that if they did, this is how much they'd make. It's like getting paid to do your own laundry or clean your own house. I think its sorta comparable to raising kids. That's your decision...deal.

#7

^^ I agree

#8

yep. what Luv said. And like I said earlier, my mom and many others gave up their careers to raise their kids. I know it's harder to raise kids nowadays on just one income, so I'm definitely not slamming those mothers who go back to work. But some pass on some of their dreams and goals to focus on the dream and goal of raising their children.

The study quoted by the venerable and acerbic BT is the sort of tongue-in-cheek study that's done every few years or so. It's done in fun, but also attempts to point out the true value of what mothers do for their children day in and day out. (Why do you think it was released on Mother's Day?!?)

So lighten up a little. Give your mom a hug and kiss and tell her you appreciate everything she's done for you. Some day will come when you won't be able to do that.