Mom as CEO

Remember June Cleaver, who seemed so content to be home in her high-heeled shoes and pearl necklace, taking great pride in her dusting, vaccuuming and cooking?

Isn't it great to know that being a stay-at-home mom (SAHM) today is seen as so much more than that??

Heck, yes.

Truth be told, SAHMs today are being viewed more as a CEO of a company, rather than a maid to their family. It's a growing trend, really. Largely due to today's high-tech gadgets, SAHMs are able to take care of the business of running a household and family, and in many cases actually run an additional business from their home. All of this adds to a growing sense of "coolness" about their chosen lifestyle.

Why? Let's compare:

CEO
Must spend within a prescribed budget

SAHM
Must stick to a weekly/monthly spending budget for food, clothes, fun...wow...basically everything she does


CEO
Must communicate effectively with others

SAHM
Must be, at one moment, able to converse with the bank teller about rising interest rates, while simultaneously "calmly" explaining to her 4-year old why it's not appropriate to lay in the middle of the bank floor singing at the top of his lungs "This Old Man."


CEO
Must be able to multitask

SAHM
Must be able to bake and frost cupcakes, watch the latest "cool trick" her son can do, help with homework, get dinner started, answer the phone, go through the mail, supervise an art project...need I continue?


CEO
Must have good inter-personal skills

SAHM
Must make daily negotians regarding such things as whose turn it is with the red pirate and green dragon; who will have the Curious George cup and who will have the Dragon Tales cup; or convince certain toddlers that it is, in fact, time to stop watching Barney and start brushing their teeth.

Yep, the demands on a SAHM - I would argue - could most days probably match or even outweigh those on a typical CEO. For more perspective on this view, here is one great article and another on this topic.

Don't business cards, displaying "Title: CEO/SAHM," seem appropriate?