According to a recent survey by insurers, Royal London this kind of work done by stay-at-home parents is worth a salary of almost €50,000 a year.  Do stay-home-parents deserve to be remunerated for their work? For more on this we were joined by Laura Erskine is a Parenting Expert with BabyDoc Club.

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