Over the years a few annual surveys have come out about working and stay-at-home mothers right around Mother's Day. Salary.com has the How Much Are Mom's Worth? salary wizard which calculates how much someone would be paid for all of the jobs moms do (teacher, cook, chauffeur, etc) and reminds moms ...
Working Mothers and Letting Go of the Guilt
Every year before Mother's Day, a few annual surveys come out about working mothers. Salary.com has the What's Mom Worth? salary wizard which calculates how much someone would be paid for all of the jobs moms do (teacher, cook, chauffeur, etc) and reminds moms that all the work they do is worth a si...
Being a Mom is a Six-Figure Job
In honor of Mother's Day I just checked out Salary.com's salary calculator for moms. Salary.com valuated the "mom job" of both the working and stay-at-home moms and based on a survey of more than 12,000 mothers, Salary.com determined that the time mothers spend performing 10 typical job functions wo...
Reflections on my Career as a Mom
Today is my daughter's 16th birthday and it has been a day of reflection for me. Perhaps I'm particularly introspective this year because I see this birthday as such a milestone as she begins to leave her childhood behind and embark on her journey into young adulthood. All morning I've been asking...