[quote=CA renter]Some other links to explore:

Do we undervalue the economic and social contributions of women who do “women’s work”?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/calculating-the-true-value-of-womans-work-2009-12-08

Why the value of “women’s work” needs to be reevaluated:

Unpaid and Undervalued Care Work Keeps Women on the Brink

A comparison of the economic impacts of caregiving in Poland and Italy:

http://ftp.iza.org/dp5771.pdf%5B/quote%5D

2nd link talks about caregiver tax credits. Maybe it is a good idea. Why is the working world so great. What the hell are we doing but ruining the earth. He’ll give families a 10k a year tax credit to hang out with their own dawn kids