What about celebrating the Mother who actually does bring home over 100K and supports her family? What about the loving family of four where the daughters have two Moms. Yes, that's right, a lesbian family that is just as tight knit as any functional hetero family...Indeed, two women can successfully raise and be raised by fantastic children.
What's the holiday all about? Let's hope it is more than what the Mainstream Media Propaganda Machine pitches to us.
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Of course, a stay-at-home parent does not work typical office hours. The hypothetical median salary is based on a 100-hour work week and assumes caring for at least two children of school age.
"The importance of this calculation or this estimate is just calling attention to the fact that being a stay-at-home mom is not a cop out, it's not the woman's way out of the workforce and it's not a job of no value," said Bill Coleman, senior vice president of compensation at Salary.com. "There is a lot of value there, and some would say it's even priceless."
Salary.com, which tracks what jobs pay, suggested that the annual base pay for a 40-hour stay-at-home mom's workweek would be $43,461. Mothers would earn an additional $88,009 a year for 60 hours of overtime each week.
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I'd imagine Mother's Day initially started out as a reminder to recognize the efforts of one's mother(s) because, let's face it, we may think it but we don't always remember to say it. But not unlike Valentines Day, it has become too damned commercialized (BTW - shouldn't a couple's anniversary negate Valentine's Day? Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine.)
At my husband's insistence, we just finished helping the kids make "mother's day" cards for both grandmothers and godmothers. Why? Because the calendar and Hallmark dictated, lest they feel unappreciated.
And to address your point about working mothers...I actually agree with you and I've been on both sides of the spectrum having worked fulltime 15+ years and staying home fulltime for the last year. Just because I have the luxury of spending more time with my children now does not make me any greater a mother than when I was working fulltime.
Right on Sar. I think that we are going to be spending time enjoying the company of anyone that qualifies as being a mother on the day. Screw the gifts and cards. I am going to put another bike seat on my spouse's ride and we are going to do a family bike ride with both boys on the bikes (I get the three year old, of course).
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