{"id":8674,"date":"2014-02-05T17:38:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T23:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=8674"},"modified":"2014-02-05T17:38:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T23:38:25","slug":"taxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=8674","title":{"rendered":"taxing"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s tax time here, and Ryan has been dutifully working on the taxes. He had everything pretty much done, and was waiting for my w-2 from my substitute teaching last year. Hmmm. I didn’t teach at all during fall semester, and I really didn’t teach much last spring, either, so I knew it wasn’t going to be a big number. <\/p>\n

$875.<\/p>\n

Woo-Hoo.<\/p>\n

Add that to the $1200 I made teaching my chime choir last year and I earned just over $2000. Wow. Nothing like hearing that to give my self worth a hit. My 17 year old daughter makes more than me working at Wendy’s. (Of course, I did win about $500 cash and some awesome tickets and other prizes..sadly no trips this year… from radio stations, but that is thankfully not included in the taxable income)<\/p>\n

BUT, if you read this article here<\/a>, it paints a different picture.<\/p>\n

” According to the U.S. Census, there were 5 million stay-at-home moms in 2010 \u2014 down from 5.1 million in 2009 and 5.3 million in 2008.<\/p>\n

According to Salary.com, the average stay-at-home mom\u2019s task load equates to a 95-hour work week. This breaks down to 40 hours at base pay and 54.7 hours of overtime on their \u201cmom duties.\u201d This is good for an annual salary of $112,940.45, or $17.80 an hour.”<\/p>\n

That makes me feel a little better. <\/p>\n

Thankfully, my husband has never criticized my choice to be a stay at home mom. Even as the kids are getting bigger and in school all day, I haven’t felt pressure to work outside the home. I work because I want to work, and I take care of my family and do the laundry, grocery shopping, coupon clipping, piano lessons, making dinner, homework helper, etc. because I love my family.<\/p>\n

So, there, taxes. I may not have brought in a bunch of money, but I support and help the one who does, and that is worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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