should stay at home mothers get payed by the state they live in??

I don't think so. my mum raised me single handed, and worked hard to do so. in the UK there are a lot of people that think that because they have children they should get given money by the government. (benefits) to me this seems really unfair. I choose not to have children. I don't particularly like them, and they cost a lot of money. in an ideal world people wouldn't keep having children regardless of whether or not they can afford to look after them.

I am a stay at home mom too right now. I have been getting unemployment because i was fired for an unjust reason. And i have realized how much i love being here with the kids even though they never listen to me and drive me insane. My unemplyment is just about done and i am probualy going to have to get a job again outside the home which i am not looking forward to. I have looked into several online jobs but nothing has stood out at me that isnt a scam really or could make my family the money I need. And mother hood is by far the toughest job there is and it is a never ending job. So I think yes it should be concidered why not right, i know people that are out there able to work and get ssi becasue they cant read or write their own name so why shouldnt motheres get compensted for being with their children all the time.

No, I don't think stay at home Moms should get paid by the government. It's your choice to stay at home. I think it's a noble one, but, as a taxpayer, I'm not going to pay you to do so.

I didn't give birth to my kids in Austria but we've been here for 2 years now, and we actually get money deposited into our bank every 2 months for having kids. it's over 100 bucks a month per child. Not just a tax break but actual cold hard cash in your bank. Here you get paid maternity/paternity leave for the first 2 years of the child's live. You pay less taxes. Very low cost annual bus passes. Health care, and so on. Parent's are helped out a lot here, and it's nice. Here's it's seen as doing your part for the country to have children, and you are rewarded for parenting.

I think you CHOOSE to be a SAHM so the state should not have to pay you. The State doesn't get the money from just anywhere. The State will have to boost taxes and take it from there. As a working mother that works hard to take care of my son I would pissed if the state decided to take more money from me so someone else could stay home with there kids. I think your partner should pay you for all of your hard work and I definately agree that being a mom is one of the hardest jobs out but we CHOOSE to have a child so it is OUR responsibility to take care of them.

yes i do believe stay home mothers or fathers should get paid. thats the hardest job in the world u get no sick days no holiday and u sure don't get a break. stay home mothers and fathers work 24/7. ya should at least get paid $30 a hour.

Moms have a very thanklesss job and it never ends not even when those darling little curtian climbers grow up and leave home. so if Saty at home mom's are compensated when would it stop and where would the funds come from. Way back when I was in high school doing social studies we learned that at that time in Russia mothers were paid byy the children she had. we were shown a film and it was back in the very early 60s. I would be interesting to find out id=f it would make a difference in how these children turned out.

I definitely believe that our government should "pay" mothers to stay at home and raise their children. Back in the day, mothers were able to stay home with their children and raise them with higher standards and morals. Nowadays it is extremely hard for a family to make ends meet with only one paycheck coming in (from the father). This has forced mothers to have to work, and basically leave their children in the care and instruction of someone else...and we all know that NOBODY cares about our children's best interest the way that we mother's do. My point is that our country (USA) would improve dramatically if mother's were able to focus all of their energy on raising stable, strong, and positively moral children. There would be MUCH less crime, disease, and general misery in our country. I am a stay at home mother of 4 boys...I even homeschool all of them. Lord knows that it is hard enough for me to impress upon them the importance of being responsible, God-loving people with integrity...I can't imagine them even having a chance in this world if I weren't there to guide them.

SAHM Mom's should get paid for a decision they make...us working Mom's do pretty much the same thing ..except we have 8+ hours less a day to get it all done and we don't get sick time from the At home job. Now somebody has suggested that I will lose more of my earnings so that someone else can stay home with their kids. I have never seen The View - but after hearing something like this, you can bet I will make no effort to turn it on.

I see most people agree they should not be paid, since it is their choice to stay at home and take care of their children, ehich is fine by me. There are many work possibilities from home nowdays - one doesn't have to go and work at a factory all day long... Work from home is classic for stay-at-home-moms. So not only they have many opportunities, they can stay at home and take care of their children while working 3-4 hours a day and earning quite a bit.

When my children were small I was a stay at home mom for many years, and lived without the state paying me. When I needed help from the state, during my separation and divorce, when I became a single mom of three, the state gave me a hard time, and so I went out and got a job because it was easier than getting it from the state even though I really needed it. I think now that I work, and have for over ten years now, that I would resent my hard earned tax dollars going to stay at home moms when the state gave me such a hard time when I did need it.

I have been a stay at home mom and a working single mom. I have been a working married mom too, LOL! I really honestly can't answer that question. I don't know! Part of me says yes, they deserve compensation for all of the work SAHM's do but on the other hand, there would be so many women quitting their jobs that it wouldn't be beneficial to the state or private organizations for that to happen. There would have to be some happy medium for that to happen I suppose. How would you guage such a compensation? I wouldn't even know where to begin on that one!

Being a Mom was your choice, being a stay at home Mom is your choice, and in my opinion stay at home Moms should not be paid by the State or the Federal Government. Why should taxpaying workers money go to paying you for something you chose to do? If you do not want to be a 24/7 Mom my suggestion to you is get a part time job.

While it is true that stay at home moms work hard and certainly deserve a world of credit for doing what they do, it is insane to even suggest that the "state" (which really means taxpayers) should pay them for it. That is literally suggesting that folks who are not moms should pay the way for those who are. Why should a single person with no kids pay taxes that would go to a stay at home mom? Or a mom who works pay taxes to provide for her stay at home neighbor? Please don't get me wrong, I am NOT slamming stay at home moms or minimizing the hard work that it entails. I'm just saying that the government should not impose higher taxes to pay them for this life choice.

well, the government here in australia gives a little bit of money monthly or yearly for stay-at-home mums... the amount depends on how much your hubby is earning and how many children do we have... even though the amount is not much, but it is enough to buy the children's basic needs and paying some bills...

First, to make sure I am not misunderstood. I do not believe anyone works harder than mothers of young children who are home with them all day. Just the same, the answer to your question is Absolutely Not. It is not the governments job to do such a thing. Not only would the government run such a program inefficiently, they would also create a new chunk of government to do it. In addition, whenever the government provides money to any organization or group of people, the government will immediately feel that they have the right to control that group of people. We do not want that.

I think you should. I wont be doing stay at home mom thing when I have kids. But for those who choose to (or have to) stay home I think its a big deal! My moms only job growing up was staying home with us kids. You should get paid for sure. She only recently began to receive actual pay for taking care of my 20 yr old handicappted sister. Good for her! It helps pay our rent too. Happy Moms Day to all the moms btw! :))

While the thought is wonderful it would never happen. I know it has been previously mentioned but you couldn't guage how much a SAHM should eb paid hourly, because some care for 1 child while others have several... Also can you imagine the amount of mothers that would pack it in at work to go home to be with their children? Also there would be fathers that would want to go home too to be with their children. Companies would be crying for help, the government would be BROKE, they would in turn tax the crap out of the working folks. It would get ugly lol.

U are right.. It is a treat being at home with the babies.. to watch them grow up...But it is a lot of work..Sometimes I would prefer to go to a 9-5

I am a stay home mom and likes to work with pay. My husband dont want me to work because he why you want to work i work and if you really want to work work to me and i will pay you for all of your job done. I laugh because he is funny but thats cool anyway.