West Dyersburg Church of Christ

Stay-At-Home Moms Work?

            Democratic strategist Hillary Rosen set off a political firestorm last week for her comments about Ann Romney, Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s wife, for choosing to be a stay-at-home mom and raising five boys. Rosen said of Romney, “Guess what – she has actually never worked a day in her life.” Uh-oh! Let’s talk about this for a minute.

            I am proud to say that my wife is a stay-at-home WORKER! She is part housekeeper, cook, teacher, laundry machine operator, CEO, van driver, psychologist, computer operator, janitor, and facilities manager! According to Salary.com, the annual compensation of a stay-at-home is worth $134,121. Let me repeat that: A stay-at-home mom’s salary should be over $130,000. I’d call that work!!

In 2010, there were roughly 5 million stay-at-home moms accounting for 23% of married couple families. That means the majority of mothers are working moms. However, when looking at the data more closely we see that 55% of mothers of kids age 6 and under are working mothers. That means that 45% of mothers with small children are staying home. A common trend is for mothers to begin working outside the home as the kids go off to school.

So when someone says a stay-at-home mom doesn’t work, they are gravely mistaken! Working mothers (both outside the home and inside the home) are underappreciated in our society! Like Prov. 31:10 says: “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.” (emp. added) –C.Fry

We are on day 25 of our 40 days of prayer. As I read and pray every day, God continues to teach me so much. I hope that is the same case for you. It's not that prayer works. It's that God answers prayer through Jesus Christ. The name of Jesus is so powerful and wonderful. Remember how the demons shudder at that name? HE WORKS! So, keep praying in 2012. God is blessing us in so many ways!

Hello! Welcome to West Dyersburg's blog. We are in the middle of 40 days of prayer as a congregation. Click here for our plan. Our focus for the year is prayer. We are a praying church and we want you to pray with us. Call 731 285-0477 for prayers or email us. We want to pray for you. -cf