Top 5 Jobs for Stay at Home Mums
According to this article Mum's, sorry, Mom's should earn around $134,121. My question is, if a mother can earn that much in a year, why the hell isn't she working and the husband staying at home?Apparently a mother has many jobs in the home, well over 10, as the projected pay only takes into account the "10 jobs respondents said most closely comprise a mother's role". So apparently there are more, or the job titles overlap somewhat. Taken from that list, here would be my Top 5 jobs that a mother should do, instead of staying at home:
1. Computer Operator - Hardly a mother's role at home, that's like saying 'Game Tester' for a stay at home Dad.
2. Housekeeper/Cook/Janitor/Facilities Manager/Laundry Machine Operator - Aren't these all the same thing? Frankly if I was paying for a housekeeper, I'd be pissed off if she wasn't doing my laundry as well, or not actually cleaning my house. Alternatively, this job could be called 'Servant'.
3. Psychologist - Because all kids over a certain age don't hate their parents.
4. Chief Executive - If the woman is in the kitchen, isn't it the man's job to make all the decisions?
5. Super Hero - There must be a few spare moments in the evenings when the kids are asleep
Personally if I was a stay at home parent I'd be feeling rather patronized by this article. Do parents really drive their kids around enough to qualify as a full-time Van Driver? How exactly is using the computer vital to raising a child? How much laundry does a family have, is it a full-time job? What about running a family is just like being the head of company? It must just be that the Mum requires a CEO to govern all of her split personalities and decide which job she's doing at that present time.
Mum's are great, I love my Mum. But let's not blow too much smoke up their ass. Stay at home parents have a bastard of a job, and work hard at it, but you can't compare that to all those jobs, there are only 24 hours in a day. I have a mate who stays at home with his kid, and I know for a fact, at least 3 hours of his day is taken up by his XBox 360, or by going on some Forums or eBay, that must be his 'Computer Operator' role.
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