http://6abc.com/family/stay-at-home-mom-wins-praise-from-blogger-husband/637468/
From this news story I searched the internet to find the blog post in question:
http://www.weareglory.com/blog/fathers-you-cant-afford-a-stay-at-home-mom
While I think it is awesome that there is a movement for husbands to appreciate their wives (and vice versa) I feel as though the SAH mom culture and mindset is somewhat offensive to us working mothers.
The author of this blog post writes the argument that the monetary value his SAH wife/mom brings to the family is around $70K. He comments that aside from "nanny" duties for their child his wife performs the following additional jobs:
- house cleaning
- personal shopper
- chef
- financial assistant
- laundry service
As a working mother making over $50K a year in addition to "salary" proposed by the author of the weareglory blog post, the monetary value I bring to my family is well over $120K a year. Anyone would agree that is a very substantial salary. Why then is there so much focus on the "value" of a SAH parent but no talk on the "value" of a working parent.
Being a parent is the hardest job in the world without added pressure being placed on each other by other parents. As a working mother I have personally experienced negative commentary from SAH parents about my lack of "love" or "care" for my child or that I am selfish for "going to work and leaving someone to take care of my kid." To those people I say isn't being a parent hard enough itself without trying to tear each other down? What is best for my household isn't necessarily what is best for the next person and its not fair to push anyone's agenda onto someone else.
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