When a baby comes into our lives there are many decisions to make. We will soon have to choose between leaving our job to take care of him or taking him to kindergarten. When both parents work, it is more common for women to leave their jobs than for men. This may be related to social pressure and also due to the highly recommended continuity of the exclusive breastfeeding.
It is common today to see housewives saturated with work and obligations. However, daily activities such as taking care of children, taking care of the house and everything that this entails, are separated from a general assessment as far as work is concerned. Jobs that do not collect a salary at the end of the month are very undervalued in the eyes of couples and other people. But, what would your reaction be if you knew that a housewife would earn more than 90 thousand euros per year?
A 24-hour job with no vacation
This is collected by a survey published in the United Kingdom. The work of a mother, of a housewife, is a 24-hour-a-day job. According to this study, women who work at home spend an average of 4 hours cleaning, 2 hours preparing meals and approximately 1 hour washing and ironing clothes. If they offered you a job 24 hours a day for 7500 euros a month, would you take it?
In those 24 hours your tasks would be the following:
- Childcare
- Laundry and ironing
- Driver
- Delivery boy
- Nurse
- Home maintenance
- Household cleaner
- Guardian
- Chef
- Advisor
- Dog walker
- Personal assistant
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There are many and more and more men who today dedicate their day to the exclusive care of their children and the home and leave their jobs.
And so on every day of the week, 365 days a year. No holidays and of course no holidays. And many times, without a thank you from the other side. Few would be those who would accept such a great sacrifice in exchange for that money. This is why we should begin to value the work of a housewife caring for her children. Not only have they given up their job or their aspirations, but they are performing more than 10 tasks for nothing.
Be more grateful
I, who see myself in this situation, believe that there is nothing better than a hug from my daughter at the end of the day. And it is true that many times I have felt undervalued, not by my partner, but by people I know. Being a housewife is not living life and lying on the couch all day. Caring for, educating children and keeping them safe is hard work that not only exhausts you physically, but the mind, tired and saturated, must keep working hard.
Let's thank those people, whether they are men or women, who we have at home and who make our lives easier. They give us quality of life by keeping our home in good condition. It is not easy, and whoever sees it that way, leave his job and dedicate himself to everything in exchange for nothing.