Posted by
Da Coyote on Thursday, May 03, 2007 5:04:22 AM
It seems every year some bored "journalist" drags up a study detailing how overworked and underpaid dear old mom is. Apparantly dear old mom has been shorted about $138,000 a year by an ungrateful society. Of course the story is from Reuters so I take it with a grain of salt, but it did get me thinking: how much have we shorted dear old dad?
Just off the top of my head lets count up some of the stuff dear old dad does:
Auto mechanic
Plumber
Electrician
Math tutor
Landscaper
Locksmith
Appliance repairman
Sports team coach
Personal motivational speaker
Oh, and since we need to artificially boost the salary of dear old dad to make it look like he's being just as unappreciated as dear old mom, let us add Chief Executive Officer to the list, because we all know that running a household of four is just as difficult as running a large corporation.
Of course this isn't a knock on mom, I, better than most, know how irreplacable mom is. But this is a knock on so-called "journalists" that would rather advance a personal social agenda than research some real news.