Mothers Day and SAHM

There was an article on Sunday about the worth of SAHM (Stay At Home Moms)in pure monetary sense. According to the article, a SAHM is worth about $23,000 per month if you pay her according to the roles she performs like driver, cleaner, teacher etc. That's an obscene amount of money! But I bet some of my SAHM pals will completely disregard the article as hogwash. Basically, because you simply cannot put a moneary value to the 'work' (which is a grossly inaccurate term) they do. And putting a monetary value works contrary to 'promoting' SAHM since it only spells out the obvious functions and ignores the intangible roles they play.

I have the utmost respect for SAHM. I will never be able to survive as one. It is hard work when you need to be constantly giving 24/7 attention to your loved ones. At work, you have your personal time, your lunch hours and your chit-chats. When you are a SAHM, you have a lot less of those. If your child is not in school, then it is even harder cos there will be that expectation, not just from your kid/s, and family but also yourself that you have to dedicate every single waking hour to the homefront. I'm not sure if I'm capable of such devotion. I think there is no shame to admit that I'm a good working-mom but I'll suck big-time being a full-time SAHM.

Happy Mothers' Day to all mothers, working or not.