Should mothers be paid for housework and caring for their families?

A few days ago, while browsing through some newspapers, one headline caught my attention. It was about a Mom's job is worth over a hundred grand. According to the article, if mothers were to be paid for cooking, cleaning and caring for their families they could easily earn a six-figure salary.

In the survey, they found that the 10 most popular jobs performed by a stay-at-home mother would equate to a US$124,280 salary, including overtime, and almost US$75,000 for a working mother, in addition to her real salary.

The salary calculations were based on the top ten jobs mothers said they did at home and the hours they spent doing them each day. The numbers were then compared to the market value each job was worth.

The high salary calculations were due to lots of overtime hours. Stay-at-home moms reported over 90 hours in overtime while working moms claimed to put in 54.6 hours of overtime, on top of their paying jobs.