My Mother Never Worked Journal

"My Mother Never Worked" was s narrative story that posed a difficult question to answer. The story told of a mother of eight children who spent her entire life working in the home supporting her family. Every day from the minute she woke up to the minute she fell asleep, she worked at countless tasks throughout the household. And yet, when she dies, her children do not receive a Social Security benefits check because the benefits lawyer explained how, "your mother never worked."

Nowadays there are countless mom's that stay home all day to do housework and care for their children. Sure, this is a big responsibility, and I am in no way down grading stay-at-home moms for not being considered "wage earners" in this case, but it is a fact that they do not put in to the social security fund. Because of this fact, it seems logical that homemakers who have never been wage earners should not receive a Social Security Benefits check after their death. In many cases, there are households where both parents go out and work an 8 hour work day, and come home and still have to do all the tasks that a stay-at-home mom does throughout the entire day. And as they work, some of their pay check is taken out to go into the Social Security fund that is presently struggling to survive. I'm not saying that they aren't very hard working  individuals, but why should they receive my money that I put in when I'm working 9:00-5:00 5 days a week. It just doesn't seem logical.