Man slammed after saying being a stay-at-home mom is ‘not a job’

A man has been slammed on TikTok after saying that being a stay-at-home mom is not a real job, but a “privilege.”

TikToker and dad Jared Sayre was criticized online after he posted a now-deleted video of himself responding to a commenter who’d argued that being a stay-at-home mom is a job. 

“Being a stay-at-home mom is not a job whatsoever. It’s a privilege,” the man proclaimed. “Do you know how many single mothers out there actually have jobs and then have to come home and do your job?”

Jared noted that he’d taken four months off of work to watch his daughter at home, and claimed it was the “easiest sh*t.” He continued, “I can do all the daily responsibilities that come with taking care of a house in no time, and other than that, all you have to do is watch your kid.”

Despite his passionate response, he did say he has “respect” for stay-at-home moms and that “the world needs more of them because it’s good for the kid.”

Dad slammed for being a ‘red flag’

Jared’s perspective received heavy backlash on TikTok. One user, Dustin Poynter, stitched his video, and waved a massive red flag to express his disagreement with the dad’s argument. 

Dustin said he grew up with a stay-at-home mom, and because he was much older than his siblings, he was very aware of how much work she was doing.

“I witnessed firsthand the stress that comes with maintaining an entire house – Olympic diving across the kitchen to save your child from putting its hand in the garbage disposal 50 times a day, listening to constant screaming meltdowns,” he revealed.

The TikToker also added how stay-at-home parents have the extra responsibility of raising their kids and ensuring they don’t “cause irrevocable physical and psychological harm to an innocent human being who didn’t ask to be here.”

Many users commented on the video, with one saying, “The audacity to think you just ‘watch’ your kids instead of ‘raise’ your kids.” Another wrote, “Being a mother is the hardest job I have ever done, it’s the best job but the most demanding.” A third said, “I’ve been both. Being a stay-at-home mom is way harder.”