Recently I saw on Facebook a cute cartoon showing a Mom in bed watching a movie. The house was a wreck, the kids were running amuck and the dog, well let's just say he needed a walk that he didn't get. The husband comes home from work and sees the absolute chaotic state of the house and frantically searches for his wife. When he finds her he asks if she is sick. Does she need to go to the doctor. Her reply? "You know how you always come home and ask what I did all day? Well, today I didn't"
It may lose something in translation but how many times has a husband (including my ex) thought that a stay at home Mom does nothing but watch soap operas and eat bon bons all day?
An article in Forbes magazine quoted the site salary.com in saying that if a stay at home Mom got PAID for everything she does, she would make about $115,000 dollars a year!!! And this article didn't even include being the family nurse/doctor. In this economy, how many full time workers are earning that much? As an officer in the United States Navy, having served 24 years, my ex didn't make that much!!
Stay at home Moms need to be appreciated for just how much they actually contribute to the household and the family.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2011/05/02/why-stay-at-home-moms-should-earn-a-115000-salary/
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