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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then how much does a working mom who is also primary parent provide? I do food cooking cleaning laundry drop offs night wakes baths organizing and playing, schedule everything and plan. And I am the main breadwinner. So my services would be another $22 per hour for all that work, plus my salary.

It's an asinine little game. It's worth what you are willing to exchange for it. [/quote]

Agree.  I work for a small non-profit and make about 2/3 of what I'm "worth." But I chose this job with this low salary, so my hypothetical worth is pretty irrelevant.  When we're looking at our household finances, I can't really tell my spouse, "well, I only make $x, but you have to keep in mind that I'm worth $y!" And like the pp, I work for free in my home every morning, evening, and night, which for everyone but the super rich is called living.

(I do think that unpaid work caring for children and homes should be acknowledged as valuable and hard work, but I don't think trying to translate it into strictly economic term works-clearly the OP is not doing it for the money, so why try to measure it that way).[/quote]

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