My name is Amy, and this blog will be a "domestic diary" of sorts. I am a stay at home mom to two sweet little boys and wife to an amazing (and patient) man (9 years this summer). I am four credits away from earning my masters degree (which is now on hold), and had a career for 10 years before choosing to stay home when my first baby was born in 2007. I want the domestic life, but I'm not that good at it. I would love nothing more than to be the "perfect wife" and the "perfect mother." However I am the furthest thing from that. I really do want to be a Martha Stewart, and would love to be the 2010 version of June Cleaver. I spend too much time on the computer, have a list of organization projects ten miles long, and the dinners I serve leave much to be desired. I have a lot of room for improvement. My goal is to have a good balance so I get to do the things I enjoy like digital scrapbooking, but things at home, like laundry do not get neglected. This blog is the documentation of my adventure in trying to be a better "domestic engineer."

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Women's Pay and Childcare

Here is an interesting article about women and childcare.  I thought the author made an interesting point about how society wants "affordable child care" so women can choose to go back to work, but the childcare workers are often women also, and they get an average of $2.50 an hour for caring for one child.  What do we value in our society?

Interesting read: 
Women's Pay and Childcare: Sides of a Coin
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