They said they used the lowest valuation for each? Not even close.
chef?
cereal, balogna sandwich and a TV dinner or call for pizza
how does McDonalds workers make in an hour? $8? Cuz all of the above took about 18 minutes. BTW- Who shops every day?
house cleaner?
Right, we run the vacuum once a day in the living room, this takes about 10 minutes. How much does a hotel maid make?
child care
That is Barney’s job
laundry service?
75 cents to wash and 50 cents to dry at the corner laundro-mat
lawn maintainence??
seriously??
I recently went back to work after ten years, and my husband is having a rude awakening. He is learning house does not clean itself, the laundry doesn’t just show up clean and folded, the food doesn't just appear in the refrigerator, and dinner doesn't just magically appear cooked on the table.
I have no intention of doing more than half of the work around the house now that I am working full time too.
I would love to just come home and have all those things done for me, but I still have to do my half of the work.
He had it pretty good for 10 years, but those days are over.
Great points. Also, it fails to mention all the goods and services that are provided to the homemaker by the working husband.
Rent $12 to $50K per year or more.
Food $5K per year or more
Health insurance $10K per year or more
Car, gas, insurance, maintenance $5K per year or more.
Telephone, internet, cable, cell phones,etc.
Clothing, beauty salons, gym memberships, etc.
From a purely financial standpoint, most homemakers get FAR more compensation for their work, than housecleaners, chefs, childcare workers, etc.
To be clear, I greatly value the work of stay at home moms (the ones who really take pride in at work hard at the role, that is), but trying to put these dollar values on it is not realistic and is insulting to both the husband and wife, IMHO.