This shouldn't be controversial and I shouldn't even have to say this, but here we go anyway because some people aren't getting the message.

I saw a woman post about how stay at home moms have it easy and that they "don't deserve a vacation and you only deserve one if you work 9-5" and that "all you have to do with kids is feed them, change them, and put them to sleep." I'm actually pretty heated about it. First of all, if you think those are a mother's only responsibilities, you need to reevaluate some things. Secondly, my mother had all four of us by the time she was 22. I watched what she went through while my dad worked, but hell if that wasn't a job itself. They both dedicated everything they had to love, take care of, and support us; even though we lived in poverty. My mom struggled between an autistic five year old, two toddlers, and a baby boy with colic who, for the life of him, would not stop screaming for MONTHS. My dad worked long hours every week just to make ends meet. They were both tired, worn out from decisions that they made. They loved us nonetheless.

I'm so sick of this bullshit where working mothers belittle SAHMs for not working and telling them that they "have it easy." I'm so tired of SAHMs berating working moms for "not being dedicated to their kids." Excuse my language, but at the end of the day, you all have the same fucking responsibilities as far as your kids go. I very much intend to continue my degree program if I get pregnant/give birth before I finish school. I intend to work days so my husband can attend school at night. That doesn't make a SAHM any less than me and it doesn't mean that her job isn't hard. It also will not mean that I won't be dedicated to my (potential) children. I watched what my mother and aunts went through. Motherhood is a job no matter what other responsibilities you have.

(This is going in CC because apparently while it shouldn't be, it's still somehow controversial.)