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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please, be nice to the previous poster earning $180,000/year for working 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. three days a week.

I am certain that the previous poster works just as hard as the immigrant mother with three children, working two "part-time" jobs for minimum wage.[/quote]

Why would an immigrant making minimum wage have 3 kids?  That is poor family planning, not something we should turn her into a martyr for.

At the end of the day, there are only 24 hours in a day.  Your value is whatever you choose to do during those 24 hours.  Also, keep in mind that once children are school-aged, they are gone from the house generally at least 40 hours per week.  So if you want to do a purely mathmatical calculation of the value of a SAHM, I would have to say the value is much less once your kids are in school.

Most parents who work full time also do grocery shopping, laundry, house cleaning etc.  If you outsource then your value is your salary minus what you pay to outsource.  If you SAH and do those things, then you are worth the value of a cleaning service and someone to run errands.  I think that is a stupid way to look at it though because most parents add much more than financial value to their families regardless of whether they do it in the home or by earning a paycheck.  Stop with the pissing contest ladies.  [/quote]

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