Jackson breaks it down:

I got the following IM from my wife today:

according to salary.com, an average stay at home mom makes 124k annually for all the work she does….
(would make)

All of the contrived innuendo related to her and my recent conversations aside, it does make me think about how we put a price on our time.

I will be perfectly honest here, I know that being a stay at home mom is tough. Hell, I know it is valuable. However, the work an average stay at home mom performs is worth no where near 124k annually. The value a stay at home parent provides is the added love and care for the children, and frankly you can’t put a price on that. It is irreplaceable. The actual work, not so much.

That “holy [redacted], house wives should all be millionaires” number that gets tossed around is based on some pretty ridiculous assumptions. There are blatant exaggerations like “10 hours a week as an Executive Chef, $15,000 annually”. Sure, a homemaker cooks and cleans and creates “menus” and buys groceries, but not at the level of an Executive Chef. “You are worth $124,000″ is a feel good story, but it is bull[also redacted] disguised as a logical analysis.

I agree. The role of stay-at-home mom is one that is priceless. There’s a whole lot more over at Jackson’s place, he makes some great points go on over and read it all for yourselves.