Stay-at-Home Moms are Heroes Too
Letโs shut down the gatekeeping and talk about why stay-at-home moms are heroes, just like working moms, single moms and work-at-home moms!
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ย Whether youโve been a working mom, work-at-home mom or stay-at-home mom, youโve likely faced your share of difficult times. Being a parent is never easy, and mom shamers seem to find you every time. Women are either shamed for not working or shamed for working too much, and itโs simply not fair. While itโs no surprise that working and raising children is hard work (for any and all parents), itโs often discounted how hard it is for stay-home-moms too. After seeing a few too many articles with titles like โStay-at-Home Moms Complain Too Much,โ I wanted to remind everyone that stay-at-home moms are heroes too. In fact, all parents are heroes. Itโs time to stop gatekeeping.ย
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It is a privilege to be a stay-at-home parent (and no, I am not one). Any mother who makes the choice to stay home with her children is probably proud to do so, and she should be. Thereโs no shame in raising children, so why should there be shame in raising children as a full-time job?ย
Making a Case that Stay-at-Home Moms are Heroes Too
Just as any working parent knows, you leave one job to come home to the job of being a parent. The only difference for stay-at-home moms is itโs all one job, all the time. Stay-at-home moms are heroes because, quite simply, they canโt get away from their kids. There is little privacy, quiet time or time left for yourself. This job doesnโt have sick days either.
ย โWhy are you so tired? You didnโt even have to put on pants today.โ
โYouโre just lucky you donโt have a boss.โ
ย โYou donโt have anything to complain about.โ
โIf you were home, then why is the house a mess?โ
These are just a few things that may grind any stay-at-home momโs teeth. Instead of constantly gatekeeping who is allowed to be tired or who is allowed to complain, letโs focus on celebrating everyoneโs contributions as a parent. For a stay-at-home mom, their boss is a literal toddler, and the house is a mess because the kids unfold every piece of laundry she just folded. No, she didnโt put on pants today because everything is probably covered in spit-up. Instead of celebrating how heroic stay-at-home moms are, you see too many working parents (or non-parents for that matter) treat it like a competition of who is allowed to feel a certain way.
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ย Whether theyโre hearing it from a working friend, their mother in law, their spouse or someone else, itโs hurtful for stay-at-home moms to hear they arenโt valued as much as a working mother. I hope more and more women will come to support each other for the work they do โ whether itโs in or out of the house. Every parent is a hero for managing the tough job of raising children.
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