Yet from a tax point of view, mothers are frequently classed as providing ‘intangible labor’. Surely that has to be an oxymoron?
Actually a recent survey of some 12,000 mothers calculated that for all the time and tasks Moms spend working at home they should be paid more than $120,000 a year.
But is that the real value of our Mom? Can we even think about a price? Just con- sider what they go through simply to become a mother. Many have a tough time of it when expecting. They worry about their child before he or she is born. They may have a lengthy delivery and all so that we can enter this brave new world.
That alone is worth our eternal thanks but the true value of our Mom is just begin- ning. As a babe we are dependent; totally, and so often, sometimes exclusively, on our Mom who feeds, washes, bathes, dresses, entertains and cares for us. We don’t owe her much; only our life.
Her Longevity
A Mom is always a Mom. She’s never off duty. She might become a grandmother and start her mothering all over but she will always treat her child or children as just that. She may ask them to leave the nest, throw them out or beg them to stay but never forget….she is always your Mom.
Some mothers have more than one child. Some have many. And while they may learn various tricks of the mothering trade, with each new infant they simply keep on keeping on.
May 2012
29 Kalon Women Magazine
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