I'm with you. The only message I gleaned was that stay-at-home-moms work really hard, and are providing a valuable service to their husbands and children.
Now, if the IRS starts trying to tax families with stay-at-home moms based on some kind of intangible income, then there might be an agenda here. Until then, I think it was just kind of a pat on the back to all the moms out there who left the workplace to raise a family.
Well, I work my butt off so that my wife DOESN'T have to work outside of the home.
The only difference is that the husbands usually work outside of the home for a lot of the day where they aren't seen. I get up at 5, get home at 4, then hop on the lawnmower, do landscaping, or whatever... and I usually don't stop or get a break either.
I don't get flowers or awards for doing all the work I do around the house; I don't expect it either. It's just doing my part of what has to be done. The recognition that you are contributing to the successful running of a household should be enough. It is for me. There's a bunch of jobs that need done on a regular basis; she does hers, and I do mine. It's a part of life, adulthood and responsibility.
People nowadays think they deserve accolades for doing what they should be doing anyways.