A new report assigns a salary to a stay-at-home mother, based on the jobs she does in a normal week.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/ThePriceOfAMom.aspx?GT1=10019dap(”&PG=INVID1&AP=1089″,300,250)
By MSN Money staff
>>>>What’s a mom worth? According to one new report, $138,095 a year.
That’s the figure in a report by Salary.com, which calculates the wages that would have been paid a stay-at-home mom in 2007 if she were compensated for all the elements of her “job.” That total is up 3% from 2006’s salary of $134,121. <<<<<
 I thought this [US figure] was important enough to post. The article goes on to say that the average mum works a 92 hour week, so if you’re wondering why you’re tired, that might be it. No amount of good nutrition is going to take the place of a good nap. :-) The article does talk about stay at home dads/partners too, to some degree, so let me acknowledge them as well. Yet, statistically, here in the States, the movement is primarily women staying at home.
The one aspect that was listed but not embellished was the emotional support and homeschooling wasn’t a topic, both I think should be up there with everything else, if not above everything else. The laundry will be there tomorrow and a 2 year old usually doesn’t mind wearing the same thing the next day.
My hats off to Mums of the world. I just talked to mine over the phone. I told her “It’s not easy being popular amongst your daughters, eh?” She laughed and said “No, not really.” She was telling me before she visited me again, she was going to have to spend some time with the other two. *chuckle* Not easy keeping the peace, I suppose, but I told her “how lucky! Everyone wants you to visit.” The difference is that most of the time, I drop everything when she’s here [easier to do when one doesn't work outside the home] unlike my sisters, who can’t except for once a year for a week. So, those weeks around the holiday are taken. I’m not fond of traveling during the holidays nor going anywhere remotely commercial, anyway. It all seems to have a flow about it.
I thought seeing this HUGE amount of $$ would be a good thing to see “in print.” I know I benefitted from having my mum home …there was just something special about coming home and smelling dinner cooking or having Toll House cookies [chocolate chip] waiting on the counter.  I knew, somewhere in the subconscious, that my Mum thought of me while I was away.  And, sometimes, school seemed to go on interminably.
Looking forward to taking part in Peace Day!
As always, nice chatting.
About the Author...
It has taken me years to unlearn much of what I learned about psychology and health. Suffice it to say, I believe in home schooling, the work of Price, Fallon, Enig and Cowan and one's right to be happy in one's life. My husband and I live in Sunnyvale, CA with seven fabulous cats. They teach us to take a nap when the urge strikes, to eat heartily when hungry and to stretch into the new day. La Vida es Bueno!
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