Parenting is the hardest JOB!

Do you know what really grinds my gears?  People who assume that stay-at-home moms don't work! 

Yesterday, I got a call from a survey company based out of Toronto, and it's not that I wanted to do the survey - I hate those things, but I really resented how the surveyor asked if I worked, and I told him "yes, I am a stay at home mother" and he replied "oh, I meant work for actual pay". 

So because Stay-at-home moms don't get paid in cash our jobs and opinions are somehow less valid!?!?

Where is the logic in that?  No, I may not work neat little 9-5 day 5 days a week with a wage, benefits and paid vacations, but I work REALLY hard.

At a 9-5 job if the bathroom isn't tidy, you tell your supervisor and they get someone from maintenance on it.  If that happens at home, Mom's gotta take care of it....and if it just so happens that your child decides to put their favorite toy in the toilette (because she needs a bath) guess whose hand is going in to retrieve it........YUP!!!!

So, I know this has been a bit of a rant, but I just hate that society places so little worth on the most important and hardest job you could ever have.  I think it's time to put more value back into the family and fix our priorities.