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Sunday, September 21, 2008

How Much Is A Mom At Home Worth?

By Jessica Franks


The everyday life of stay-at-home moms requires a spirit and readiness that many do not possess. No handbook is handed out, no rigid rules of the day, no set-in-stone schedules. This is a hands-on, learn-as-you-go position. Qualifications are many, patience and sense of humor mandatory.

Because job perks given here are very different than those handed out in the working world, some consider being stay-at-home moms not to be real professions. However, although there are no usual benefits, who can determine the value of a hug shared between a mother and child? Studies show that 8-11 hugs per day can astonishingly benefit one's physical and mental health. Yes, the demands are high, and require a level of selflessness that is not so much incorporated into the world outside the home. And though there is no hierchery of managers and vice presidents or presidents in this employment, there is a pecking order to the situation. The steadfast rule is the smallest human being rules the roost. And along with the tending to the child, multitudes of other responsibilities are handled as well.

So still think its a easy job and anyone can do it. Guarantee take a corporate woman so use to hanging out with her friends at lunch and taking coffee breaks and enjoying her little chats with her co-workers and put her to stay at home with her kids for one day and she will go back to her office running. This is not a job for the weak or as I like to say quick quitter. This is a lifetime position.

So again, what income is realistic for a stay-at-home mom? Just as all decisions are made by the mom who stays at home concerning all things, all responsibilities fall onto her as well. There is no assistant to run errands, no committees to look into options. The domestic duties and the child care and activities are all performed by one person.

Considering all the professions out there that you do get paid for lets see how many stay at home moms would qualify for those jobs. Lets see you have to be a nurse, a cook, a cleaner, a driver, a problem solver, a plumber (for all those moms out there whose kids realized the joy of throwing there toys down the toilet and watching them go wee.) a cook, a mastermind at organization, a expert stain remover, a hair dresser ( for that chunk of gum sitting in your daughters hair) a teacher, a cook, a waitress, a banker( to handle all those bills and finances), a accountant(because money doesn't grow on trees you know), A major saver (prices are going up on everything), a handyman to fix all those toys that you stepped on in the process of doing 10,000 things at once, a laundress and last but not least a wife.

Our day as stay-at-home moms begins earlier than most jobs. The attire isn't as luxourious, nor as expensive, but it sure is comfortable for the duties needing to be tended to in the long hours ahead. And that is to say, the duties that actually get performed. Prioritizing is our number one ability. And while there is no timeclock to punch when we begin, there isn't any time to punch out either. Instead of sitting in traffic, we sit in waiting rooms at the doctor's office. Next thing we know, much of what was on the to-do list isn't done, but the hours of the day have evaporated somehow.

Sure there are ways to earn extra income while stay at home. But honestly who has time to sit and home and fill out those things everyday. We would be lucky if we got 5 minutes alone at night to take a shower or catch out breath. Click here and earn $5 dollar to $75 dollars. Register now and win $1,000. Do you really think if it were that easy wouldn't everyone be millionaires by now retiring and driving the latest car going on vacations and shopping sprees. If it were all what they were i would be retired sipping on mojitos with my feet up in my villas in the keys while 10 nannies waited on my kids. But we all know its not like that.

So what is a realistic income for a stay at home mom? To me is should be about 15,000 a year more or less depending how many kids you have. Sure we don't have to spend money on 10 dollar lattes or 50 lunch plates. But are we not entitled to go out every once in a while and feel like we are more than just a mom. And get our nails and hair done and buy something special to make us feel like the woman we deserved to be seen as for we are the ones that are caring for our future doctors lawyers web site designers maybe even the next president who knows. All of us stay at home moms agree the best payment come from seeing our kids grow up everyday right before our very eyes. Knowing that we were the one that taught them how to walk and talk and be the tiny little person they are. But hey a salary wouldn't hurt right? All those that agree let me hear you.

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