Mother’s Work Worth Over €35,000
Updated : Mar 23, 2009
The value of a mother's work in the home equates to more than €35,630 a year if families were to pay outsiders to do them, new research has found.
Results of a study from Legal & General revealed that mums spend as much as 82 hours a week doing household chores, cooking and caring for children, with mums who work full-time jobs also devoting 55 hours each week to family duties.
Alan Ferguson from Legal & General commented: "Mums are a rock for many families, making sure that the home runs smoothly, that the children are looked after and often holding down a job of their own. Families need to ask themselves how they would cope with all the domestic work and childcare that mum does if she wasn't around."
VeryHappyPig says Happy Mother’s Day, Mammy, you’re the best….. I‘ll be around later for my dinner!!