re: Stay at home moms are worth $162,581 a year according to Salary.com

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"In addition to traditional roles like performing the duties of a cook, housekeeper, nurse, and nutritionist, moms are expected to sharpen their knowledge around computers, tablets, smartphones, and social media"

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cook

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housekeeper

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nurse

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nutritionist

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knowledge around computers, tablets, smartphones, and social media

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Mine couldn't log on to her email account yesterday without my help.

I'd say it's worth whatever the price of daycare is.

Was this article written by a SAHM

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Stay at home moms are worth $162,581 a year according to Salary.com
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How much should her boss make?

Its simply an estimate (in a high cost of living area) of how much you would have to pay to get those same services in lieu of that mom

A fathers income would also be greatly inflated if you factored in his duties around the house

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Yea it is, but its also a JOKE. Probably 90% of the stay at home moms I know "sub out" most of the services this dumbass lists and guess who pays that bill? This is great, make stay at home moms feel valuable, but the unintended consequences are that across the country a bunch yogapant wearing, tennis lesson taking, unfaithful frick machines will be bucking for a RAISE.

As Rodney Dangerfield says, “where are these widgets made? Fantasy land?”

They're attributing them salary for shite that everyone who works a full time job also has to do for themselves. I also have to clean, cook, and run errands... and have to work a full time 8-5 job that requires overtime as necessary.

Jesus, inflation. Edith Bunker only wanted $1/week, which still seems about right.

Before marriage and kids I would have called BS on this. However, my wife is worth a good chunk of change when she stayed home. After having kids, career changes, moving to new homes, and other things you really see how flexible you can be with someone who is home. I never lose sick days or vacation days due to things popping up and I can work more over time.

Now, the women who stay home and have maids, blow money, and still take their kids to a “mommy’s day out” aren’t worth much.

I guess my wife needs to quit her job because she doesn’t make close to what a stay at home mom makes!

So is a stay at home dad worth more? You know, wage gap and all.

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Picking up Little Ceasar's Pizza = cook?
Yelling at the kids to pick up their clothes but not making them do it = housekeeper?
Giving them benadryl so they will sleep = nurse?
Gaining 5-10 lbs a year after the last child is born = nutritionist?