The Story: A study conducted by the financial service company Investopedia found
that the sum value of different homemaking duties annually amounts to
almost six figures. If a homemaker's job were salaried, it would draw,
on average, $96,291 per year. Tasks accounted for in the study included
private chef, house cleaner, child care provider, driver, and laundry
service provider.
The Background: There's no escaping the fact that
contemporary society often scoffs at stay-at-home moms. "This isn't the
1950s anymore," the thinking goes. "Why in the world would someone want
to be imprisoned in her own home?" The common idea, of course, is that
many responsibilities on the home front should be outsourced, thus
releasing moms from domestic shackles to realize their vocational
dreams. While such a mindset isn't automatically wrongheaded in every
case, it can frequently betray a prioritization that is biblically
questionable. Continue at Matt Smethurst
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