Happy Mother's Day

While I think families should appreciate their moms every day, it is nice to at least have one day when we are reminded to tell our moms how much we love them. I was treated with breakfast in bed this morning, in addition to some fine artwork made at school.

Too bad we don't get paid for the work we do as moms. Each year salary.com does an analysis of the market rate for the work that moms do raising children and doing housework. This year's report suggests that stay-at-home moms would earn $116, 805 and full-time working moms would earn $68,405 for the work they do around the house. If you'd like to personalize this number, visit their website at http://mom.salary.com. You can even print out a fake paycheck.

The problem is of course, the paycheck is fake. It might make a nice reminder for your family about all of the work that you do, but you will never get paid for the work you do in raising your family. Moms and dads do of course get rewards for raising a family, you can't replace the love from your children with money. However, you also can't feed your kids without money. Therefore, doing paid work that provides for your family is also an important component of raising a family. So if you are a working mom, treat yourself on Mother's Day by giving up any guilt you feel for working.