That&#x27;s not for anyone else to decide.<p>If I make the decision to take up painting; my economic worth will decrease. That&#x27;s personal.<p>I, as somebody who aspires to be a father some day, will try to make it worthwhile for mom; but ultimately her lifetime financial earnings will be less with kids, and that&#x27;s something she will decide.<p>As far as occupations which are &quot;underpaid&quot;, that&#x27;s up to the employees. Nurses are paid what they value their work at, if they don&#x27;t want to work for that money, they don&#x27;t have to. Because nurses don&#x27;t mind working for what they&#x27;re currently paid, they are paid that much. If they were paid less, fewer of them would do the work.