Expert says even with $150K salary, no one would apply to be a stay-at-home parent

Accepting applications.Full-time, nights, weekends, and holidays required; tyrannical clientele expected.Responsibilities include meal prep, medical intervention, conflict negotiation, sanitation, sleep training, concierge service, travel logistics, and budget management.Must be able to lift 50 lbs and be comfortable with human waste and occasional verbal abuse.No annual leave, no days off, no promotions, zero pay.Yet, millions of Americans take on this full-time job every day, often without recognition, compensation, or a break.According to the Pew Research Center, around one-fifth of American families have a stay-at-home parent.And while that parent handles a litany of essential, thankless tasks, that labor is rarely seen as billable work, which, according to workplace expert and best-selling author Linda Fisk, does everyone a disservice.“When people say someone is a stay-at-home parent, it can sound like they’re not working.

But anyone who has ever raised children, cared for a family, or managed a household knows that’s just not true.They’re working all the time.

They’re just not being paid for it,” Fisk told The Post.To challenge the belief that unpaid means unemployed, Fisk believes the role needs rebranding and revaluing.“If I were writing the job description, I would call the role something like Chief Household Officer,” she said, adding that, objectively, the role is far from desirable.“If that were a real job posting, no one would apply.It would say must be available mornings, days, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, during illness, during travel, during work projects, during any sudden emotional emergency involving snacks, shoes, or screen time,” she said.“In my mind, that is a six-figure job,” she said, putting the salary range at $120-150,000.“The number may sound high at first, but it’s not a simple 40-hour work job,” she explained, emphasizing that stay-at-home parents are typically “on-call” beyond a normal 9-5...