The Debate Concerning Salaries for Stay-at-Home Mothers
Abstract Motherhood is, according to investigative reporting, statistical analysis, and common knowledge by mothers, a more than full-time job. If all of the jobs mothers must do were assigned hourly wages, the overall value of a stay-at-home mothers’ work would equal more than the average income of a typical American family. Some experts and celebrities believe that women should get a salary if they are stay-at-home mothers. Other people believe that stay-at-home mothers should not get a salary. Each side has more than one reason to support their beliefs. The current American political, cultural, and financial situation makes giving stay-at-home mothers a salary unfeasible. ...
