Should SAHP be paid for the role they do by the goverment? If not by the goverment then who?
According to which study you read SAHP work is valued at 30-70k a year. Infact you can now even get life insurance based on being a SAHM which demonstrates a worth surely?
Is it not time we started valuing and recognising one of the hardest jobs out there 24/7 hours of work and no holidays through offical payment as being regarded as a public worker? Is raising future generations and caring for human life worth any less than any other type of work?
Now people may argue; if you have kids you pay for them, why should the tax payer foot the bill?
However if both parents work then the tax payer is footing some of the bill through tax credits anyway to cover childcare. Why not pass this straight onto the parents?
Now, I know many people work for more than just money,and many would stay in employment anyway even if they could be paid to stay at home.
But there would be many people would choose to stay at home if they could afford it and feel valued by getting paid for this? Would this be good if means freeing up thousands of jobs for people who need the jobs in the state the country is in?
Would this system just encourage people to have children they dont really want? Or should we say unlikely as having children is such a big thing to take on and its likely you would get paid more in a job anyway?
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Should SAHP be paid for their role by the goverment?
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Cocoflower · 08/06/2011 12:10
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