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When you consider that a full time homemaker does about $60k/yr worth of work during the weekdays , a single income household with a honemaker doesn't look so b

by plonh 11y ago

When you consider that a full time homemaker does about $60k/yr worth of work during the weekdays , a single income household with a honemaker doesn't look so bad compared to a meduam dual income household.

dogma1138 11y ago
Where was that number pulled off? That's 10K over the median household income in the US. Any how I wasn't saying that having a homemaker ins't economically sound under certain economic conditions i was saying that it's less common in middle class and higher families than in lower class families. When both parents are educated and have a career they don't want to give that up, when both of them make enough to allow them selves to continue to work especially after thee infancy period they are more likely to do so. Upper classes also have higher chances of having grandparents who've retired earlier and are also actually being able to live on their retirement and are able to help with childcare. They are also more likely to work in companies that provide childcare assistance or services to their employees. Combine all those factors and many more and you get to a point where income inequality actually forces people to become stay at home mom/dad's while the more financially stable classes can afford to continue with their careers.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  > Where was that number pulled off? It's closer to $96-100K/year actually. In a lot of cases, its economically rational for one spouse to stay home and take care of the house when that much value is provided versus a traditional job. http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/blogs/on-parenting/post/a-homemakers-real-salary/2012/02/01/gIQAh7czhQ_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/blogs/on-parenting/post/a-h... http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/02/06/mint_estimate_of_how_much_stay_at_home_moms_and_homemakers_should_earn_in_salary_.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/02/06/mint_estimat...
  - dogma1138 11y ago
    Lol Slate, and the post's sources for their numbers is this http://blog.mint.com/consumer-iq/how-much-is-a-homemaker-worth-012012/ http://blog.mint.com/consumer-iq/how-much-is-a-homemaker-wor... which i really don't know how to react to this the onion has better sources... If a stay at home mom is worth 100k then a full time housekeeper/nanny should earn 100k? The highest figures I've seen in NYC with an educated nanny/housekeepr/superperson (nursing, child development really wierd stuff) is on average 700 a week for a 10.5 hours work day and that's in very very upscale areas while usually taking care of 2-3 children. So yeah they'll be earning about 50K a year while taking care of the 1% of the 1%, while in Austin or Chicago for example that figures drops to 23-24000 for the same service. Sorry but a click bait blog http://blog.mint.com/ http://blog.mint.com/ for a budge management application https://www.mint.com/ https://www.mint.com/ isn't really a reliable source in my books, if those numbers were even close to being a reality on average or under any case you would see pretty much every other family in the states where the dad is a stay at home dad and the mom goes to become a super(rich)nany or vise versa...
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by plonh 11y ago

dogma1138 11y ago

Where was that number pulled off? That's 10K over the median household income in the US. Any how I wasn't saying that having a homemaker ins't economically sound under certain economic conditions i was saying that it's less common in middle class and higher families than in lower class families. When both parents are educated and have a career they don't want to give that up, when both of them make enough to allow them selves to continue to work especially after thee infancy period they are more likely to do so. Upper classes also have higher chances of having grandparents who've retired earlier and are also actually being able to live on their retirement and are able to help with childcare. They are also more likely to work in companies that provide childcare assistance or services to their employees. Combine all those factors and many more and you get to a point where income inequality actually forces people to become stay at home mom/dad's while the more financially stable classes can afford to continue with their careers.

toomuchtodo 11y ago
> Where was that number pulled off? It's closer to $96-100K/year actually. In a lot of cases, its economically rational for one spouse to stay home and take care of the house when that much value is provided versus a traditional job. http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/blogs/on-parenting/post/a-homemakers-real-salary/2012/02/01/gIQAh7czhQ_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/blogs/on-parenting/post/a-h... http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/02/06/mint_estimate_of_how_much_stay_at_home_moms_and_homemakers_should_earn_in_salary_.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/02/06/mint_estimat...
- dogma1138 11y ago
  Lol Slate, and the post's sources for their numbers is this http://blog.mint.com/consumer-iq/how-much-is-a-homemaker-worth-012012/ http://blog.mint.com/consumer-iq/how-much-is-a-homemaker-wor... which i really don't know how to react to this the onion has better sources... If a stay at home mom is worth 100k then a full time housekeeper/nanny should earn 100k? The highest figures I've seen in NYC with an educated nanny/housekeepr/superperson (nursing, child development really wierd stuff) is on average 700 a week for a 10.5 hours work day and that's in very very upscale areas while usually taking care of 2-3 children. So yeah they'll be earning about 50K a year while taking care of the 1% of the 1%, while in Austin or Chicago for example that figures drops to 23-24000 for the same service. Sorry but a click bait blog http://blog.mint.com/ http://blog.mint.com/ for a budge management application https://www.mint.com/ https://www.mint.com/ isn't really a reliable source in my books, if those numbers were even close to being a reality on average or under any case you would see pretty much every other family in the states where the dad is a stay at home dad and the mom goes to become a super(rich)nany or vise versa...
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