All you stay-at-home moms can take heart! A recent

newspaper article stated that in the USA there are

about 5.4 million moms opting to stay home and care

for their children rather than going outside the home

to work.



But just because mom isn't bringing home a weekly

paycheck doesn't mean she isn't contributing to the

family's finances. As we all know, some of the hats

we moms wear are: chauffeur, cook, housekeeper, nurse,

chief financial officer, child care worker, and many

others!



In today's world, the value of all these jobs, on a

24/7 basis would be worth a yearly salary of over

$100,000!



If mom went back into the workforce, many of these jobs

would need to be done by someone else, at a considerable

cost. So the work of being a Stay-at-Home parent does

provide a high financial value. And that doesn't even

take into consideration the non-financial benefits that

families reap!



--Every day we make deposits in the memory banks of our

children!--



Cyndi Roberts is the editor of the bi-weekly e-newsletter

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