I calculated what it would cost to replace everything my wife does as a stay-at-home mom.
The answer: $131,130 a year.
Here's how I calculated that amount.
My wife genuinely loves being home with our four children. She homeschools them, manages our home, cooks for our family, gardens, and invests her life in raising our kids.
But every so often, she asks whether she should get a job to help financially.
Not because she wants a career outside the home, but because our culture can make stay-at-home mothers feel like they are not contributing unless they bring home a paycheck.
I always remind her:
“You already have a career. You work for our family.”
She may not receive a paycheck, but much of what she does saves us money we would otherwise have to earn, pay taxes on, and then spend hiring other people.
So I ran the numbers using typical rates in the Des Moines, Iowa area:
HOUSEKEEPER
12 hours/week × $20.74/hour
$12,942 per year
NANNY FOR FOUR CHILDREN
50 hours/week × $23/hour
$59,800 per year
HOMESCHOOL EDUCATOR
5 hours/day × 180 school days × $25.03/hour
$22,527 per year
PERSONAL SHOPPER
4 hours/week × $20.58/hour
$4,281 per year
PERSONAL CHEF
2 hours/day × $38.33/hour
$27,981 per year
PERSONAL GARDENER
3 hours/week × 30 weeks × $40/hour
$3,600 per year
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPLACEMENT VALUE:
$131,130
This is not meant to be a literal salary calculation. Some responsibilities overlap, but that is part of the point: replacing what one stay-at-home mother does would require hiring several different people.
And this still does not account for sick children, overnight care, appointments, curriculum planning, discipline, emotional support, family scheduling, or the constant mental load of knowing what everyone needs.
My wife may not receive a paycheck, but she creates enormous value for our family every day.
A paycheck is not the only proof that someone is contributing.
Thank a stay-at-home mom today.
Wow did you hear what those Republican congressmen said to that bad guy in the hearing? Lol man they really ripped him apart. It was so awesome. What’s that? Oh no the bad guy won’t be arrested or charged with any crime or suffer any consequences of any kind at all. No, there will be no follow up on the hearing, no relevant legislation passed in response to it, no changes of any kind made at all ever. But did you see that viral clip of that one senator? He even used a cuss word! A real cuss word! He’s so tough and brave. I’m so impressed. Aren’t you?
Unfortunately, the House just voted to merge the most secretive & sensitive elements of our defense & intelligence apparatus with a foreign government.
This bill still has to clear the Senate.
Call your senators & representatives and tell them to not support the NDAA until the merger w/ Israel (Section 219) is removed.
Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Turns out you can't "hate" on Jews, LGBT or Muslims on TikTok but you are 100% allowed to hate on Jesus and bash Christians.
This is the REAL reason they bought TikTok.
Sean, I love you man- but that’s not how patsies work.
They didn’t pay Oswald to be the jfk patsy. Money isn’t a powerful enough motivator for this type of thing.
Usually what they do is get leverage via blackmail or other threat or coercion, or sometimes promises- maybe membership into a club or group.
Then they give them a part of the picture with a role that requires them to go somewhere or do something.
The patsy doesn’t know they are setting themselves up until the shot.
Along the way- if you either had blackmail on them in the beginning - like maybe they were looking at videos of children for example- or if they committed crimes in their role in the larger plot, you seriously fuck up their ability to just prove their innocence in a court of law- because it requires you to explain how you were looking at videos of kids or admitting to the crimes you did commit just to attempt to tell the truth.
Then there’s the mkultra angle but that’s more a grey area of speculation. So we’ll skip that.
The point is- it’s complicated. Intelligence agencies have been practicing this for decades. But they’re not perfect at it- and that’s why there’s all sorts of massive inconsistencies in the story and the details about Tyler, his roommate, and the murder in general.
When a crazy 20 year old pulls off a sloppy murder- all the pieces line up- all the evidence is there. You get gunshot residue, the dogs can find the gun, the wound matches the caliber(not calibre), the timeline is obvious. We can track his device everywhere he carried it.
This case has a whole basket of irregularities that scream intel agency.
And they’re claiming a .30-06 stopped in a human neck. Which is insane.
Here’s Rob on O’Neill of Seal team 6
The reason that we’re in this war with Iran is because Trump took over $300 million from Israel.
It’s not because of Nukes.
It’s not because of any kind of threat to America.
It’s because Trump accepted hundreds of millions of dollars from Israel.
For those who need a refresher.
More money was spent to remove Massie from Congress than any other person IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
The big money came from Zionist billionaires.
They can't have even 1 person who puts America over Israel.
Not a single person.
Why?
Because 1 person with courage can change everything.
Can we just start a class action lawsuit against the US government? US Citizens v United States. Gross negligence in handling taxpayer funds would be a good start. Who's in?
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“This thing looked shady off the bat… I’ve never seen a shirt move like that, that looks like an explosion to me…I’m a seal team 6 sniper and I’m asking a lot of questions, and no one wants to answer them”.
-Rob O’Neill
Former Navy seal
The House is scheduled to vote this week on a National Defense Authorization that would integrate our military tech & supply chains with Israel’s.
Today, the Rules Committee will decide whether my amendment to strip section 219 will get a vote.
RT to support the Massie amdt.!