Toughest Job- Did everyone already see this?

Re: Toughest Job- Did everyone already see this?

• Poppy523 member

  April 2014

  Me too! I cried like a hormonal mama both times I watched it!!
  

        
  
  

  
  
  

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• jdilorenzo member

  April 2014

  I loved this

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• octobermama87 member

  April 2014

  I saw this on Facebook and "shared" it on my page only to have my asshole BIL tell me it's bullshit and I should think about all the American soldiers, farmers, guys that climb up electrical poles (seriously?!?). I gave him a little piece go my mind, but seriously. Wtf. Who says shit like that?!?

                                               

   
  

  

  

  
  

  

   

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• Poppy523 member

  April 2014

  may10587@hotmail.com said:

  I saw this on Facebook and "shared" it on my page only to have my asshole BIL tell me it's bullshit and I should think about all the American soldiers, farmers, guys that climb up electrical poles (seriously?!?). I gave him a little piece go my mind, but seriously. Wtf. Who says shit like that?!?

  What a vasshole. I just saw this term used on scary mom, best used to describe what happens after tearing during several vaginal births and people like your BIL

        
  
  

  
  
  

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• octobermama87 member

  April 2014

  Yes, I agree- he actually had the nerve to say, and I quote - "Casey Anthony was even capable of doing it (being a mom) for a while" WTAF!?!??? He has since deleted that comment. Vasshole.

                                               

   
  

  

  

  
  

  

   

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• tamarar5 member

  April 2014

  may10587@hotmail.com said:

  Yes, I agree- he actually had the nerve to say, and I quote - "Casey Anthony was even capable of doing it (being a mom) for a while" WTAF!?!??? He has since deleted that comment. Vasshole.

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                  We're Going to be a Family of 5!
  

   
  

                                
  

  
  

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• wifeofadam member

  April 2014

  The concept of the video is cute.  But sometimes things like this make me feel like I'm doing something wrong because I totally eat my lunch sitting down every day while my kids eat.  And I don't really feel rushed doing it.  I also can take a two hour nap each day if I want to while my kids sleep (but instead usually choose to waste that time away on the internet).  I'm even able to get a shower every day if I want to.
  
  Sometimes I wonder if we scare women away from having babies by creating this idea that being a mom is always stressful and you never get a break.  And then even though it may not be that way for us, we have been taught to think it is, so we start to believe it is (even if it really isn't).
  
  But looking around my house right now at the mound of laundry, sink of dirty dishes, and general filth everywhere, I know I AM doing something wrong and that's the reason I feel the way I do.  The reason I have so much down time and don't really feel like it's too much work is because I live in squalor.  ">

      
  

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• djm31012 member

  April 2014

  there is a HUGE thread about this on the working moms board if anyone wants to take a look. I think the whole thing is dumb personally...

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• wifeofadam member

  April 2014 edited April 2014

  DC2London said:

  expatmama said:

  
  

  I think this might be the biggest cultural difference between where I live now and the US. The fact that both mothers and fathers really emphasize the importance of prioritizing TIME with family. Extended parental leave, leaving the office early to pick up your kids, staying at home because your child is sick, are all things that most mothers and fathers do. There is value in these things, according to the society, so they don't need to be equated with other things to give them value. 

  
  

  
  

  Ohhh you Europeans and your LOGIC and your CARING about stuff

  But I wonder, if the Europeans value family so much, why are their birth rates even lower than ours?  Ours have hit record lows in the last few years, but Europe's are even lower.  I feel like if a society values family and children, generally that will be reflected in the birth rate.  When people start to value other things more than family - careers, money (and how having more children will change what they are able to buy), travel, time (and how having children will affect their ability to do what they want, when they want) - you see that reflected in the birth rate.
  
  I always assumed that the reason Europeans had more liberal stances on things like maternity leave and stuff like that is because they wanted to entice people to have families, since the majority of the population doesn't seem to be doing so at the same rate they used to.  And they need the birth rate to increase in order to sustain their economies.  The US is headed down that same path.  If we don't start enticing more people to have more children, our current economy is not sustainable.
  
  Now, I don't doubt that the priorities of Europeans are different.  They don't work themselves into the grave like Americans do.  But I don't think the culture in general places more value on children and family than ours does.
  

      
  

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• Poppy523 member

  April 2014

  Well really I just though the people thankin' their mamas at the end were so cute. I didnt even figure out the job was a mom until they said it was...haha guess i wasn't thinking that hard about the ad. Also I must be the one doing something wrong, I am ecstatic with 2 hours of free time and I only have one little one...poor time management skills apparently.

        
  
  

  
  
  

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• carriesu2003 member

  April 2014

  Count me in the minority.  I watched it and was annoyed.  I feel like people like to blow the whole mother thing out of proportion.  Yes, it is incredibly hard but never sit down? That is just stupid.  Also, I'm sure Dads would like to have been included.  But I don't really care that much either way.
  

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