Today.com via investopedia has quantified the value of stay at home moms at $30,000 per year

[Godhumor]

Yes, a stay-at-home mom is equivalent to a $30,000 a year job, even though she is paid "in snuggles" (From the article...seriously).

Replacement value calculations, and I admit to having to do a fair amount of them for my own career, sometimes really fall short in matters of intrinsic worth, in my opinion.

Article at
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42906705

[Robb]

1. The math there begins, eh, poorly.

For example, if you can find child care for an infant for $7/hour, I'd be amazed. There may be some geographic variances, but $7/hour care for someone who needs their diapers changed seems unlikely about anywhere.

Interesting read, though, thanks for it.

[Godhumor]

2. Day care costs are why many of my friends have one partner stay home

Until kids hit school age, so I completely agree with you that the math is starting with some flawed assumptions.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. with or without the sex?

that has to have some value.

[niyad]

4. really??? seriously??? I remember more than two decades ago reading that the replacement cost of a

stay-at-home mother was somewhere in the neighborhood of 100k, when you factored in ALL the duties and chores.

"PAID IN SNUGGLES"???? this, in what purports to be a serious article? yeah, I would like to see that translate into being able to go the supermarket.

[InkAddict]

5. And though she never put in those 40 quarters of "earned"

income, me own mum claims her $200 month SS entitlement because...HER daddy and/or mummy did? :sarcasm:

[madrchsod]

6. ya right...it`s a lot more than that