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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you value a good nanny’s work?  And a great housekeeper?  And a home manager?  And a personal chef?  That’s the roughly job of a SAHP - man or woman.  [/quote]

I don't agree with this way of looking at it.  All WOH/WAH parents still have to do housekeeping, home managing, and cooking the meals.  Some people outsource a lot of that but that is not limited to working parents, SAH parents outsource, too, if they have the funds.

So what it really comes down to is the difference between taking care of your children full-time vs. having someone assist with childcare while you work, usually for some part of the day.  That's really the only difference with a SAHP.[/quote]

Right which is why it’s fair to say they contribute less to society than working parents.[/quote]

How is this in question?

SAHM is for weak women who couldn’t make it in the workforce and instead depend on a man. You can’t convince me otherwise.

Working moms do everything SAHMs do and then some because they’re actually contributing to society through their work.[/quote]

They’re not weak, they’re just not ambitious. Or, they made poor choices and married a workaholic who prioritizes $$$ over family.[/quote]

Wait...why the negative talk about workaholics?  I thought that all time spent not working was completely without value and spending time with family was only for the stupid and unambitious.  
Shouldn’t we all strive to be workaholics, contribute as much to society as possible, and outsource our lives to other working people?  [/quote]

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