What I've learned about parenting as a stay-at-home dad | Glen Henry 

Honestly this guy can hold a crowd, he could talk about anything and people would instinctively listen

Stay at home dad here. Being a parent is much harder than any 9-5 job.

THANK YOU from a Mom who stayed home for 14 yrs and did not regret it one bit. God Bless you! 👍

As a father of two having spent 5 months as a stay-at-home dad, this is quite a precious talk.

Been stay at home dad with a 4 year old with severe eczema on immunotherapy. It’s a tough job for sure. Spent first 3 years staying up from 6pm-7am because his suffering. It’s the lack of leaving the house/feeling you get from working and coworkers that causes me to have depression. Being with my son is worth anything though.

Thank you sir. You are an excellent example of a wonderful father. I loved your talk.

Great talk. I was part time stay home dad for a couple of years and it's tough, especially when the 2nd comes along.

"The farther makes himself present and the children pursue him." This is exactly how God is He is always waiting for us like a perfect gentleman.

I have been a stay at home mom for almost 22 years. Best decision I ever made!!

Exceptionally well spoken man! Great message.

Every man who thinks that staying at home parenting kinds is easier than the job they do, should experience this. Being a stay at home parent might seem as a piece of cake; they say "what do even do all day sitting at home?" or anything along those lines. But men don't realize that being a mom is a "job" that you can't take weekends off. You don't take holidays and you don't get to go "home" from your job and have at least a few hours rest. There is no chance to quit this job and look for something "more suiting". Being a parent is a "job" that you do 24/7 until your kid grows up and goes their own way. But even then you still have it as a "part time job", because even grown up he/she is still your kid that you keep worrying about 24/7.

i am a stay-at-home mum for 6 years now. thanks for converting my feelings into words. it was amusing and a bit sad but most of all comforting. you're a great dad, you have my respect. thanks for standing up for as stay-at-home parents. cheers to us! 🥂👍

Well done Beleaf. So proud of you. God bless!

Great TED talk. I admire my SIL (stay-at-home dad) and my daughter who loves her job AND my two grandchildren who adore both of their parents.

Wow, I genuinely loved this. My Mom has been a stay-at-home parent as well. She never regretted it!

Go Beleaf! You're an amazing dad and an amazing creator

As a fellow stay at home dad, I have had the advantage of bonding with my child on a daily basis in a way that traditional working dads can't. It's great. It is scary at first, I admit, but the rewards far outweigh the effort. Not to mention, the time from a one week old baby to a kindergartner goes by really quickly, so you can always return to the traditional workforce (at least part time) then.

Exactly me in my life right now. But as a single mum. He made very good points. I can tell. But there is one thing, and that is that u really have to be present 160% and so selfaware in that "parenting period of time" so nothing goes wrong. Even when u r playing with ur child and others thing ooh thats so simple i could do that allday.. its not just that.

I feel a lot less alone after watching this. My fiancee doesn't understand.

Im also a stay at home dad.. i love my 1 yr old son so much.. i also work graveyard 56 hours a week.. lol.. burned tf out.. i feel bad i cant raise my son better because im tired.. i do my best..

Single full time dad here. This spoke to me I needed this 😂😂😂😂 this was great 👍🏿

I was a stay at home mom for my two young children. I just got a job last week. And I have been working. I’m getting to know my job. And my boyfriend has just became a stay at home dad. He has been home with our 4 year old and 10 month old. He really appreciates me for being a stay at home parent while he went to work all those months and years. He is really realizing the challenges and rewards that come with being a full time parent.

This is for those real men, like myself, who love and appreciate their spouse and children to the point where they will do anything that takes real “big balls” including but not limited to: putting their own ego aside and having it smashed regularly, the silent scorn of your peers/family/culture, denial of profit or accolades over your own people, disregard for the “traditional family” model, self loathing at times, disrespect from the partners friends and family, literally “on ones knees” chasing and cleaning up after children, fear, resentment, self doubt, seemingly spoiled and sometimes ungrateful family, never ending bucket of love and empathy with a smile is the expectation daily. It is the toughest job to stay on. It is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even when you go out on a tour you are still 100% in the stay at home parent game. I am right there with you.

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Your kids are going to be great dude! Fathers make a huge difference

Realy like this video. Seems to me there a lot of stay at home mums could learn a lot from you. For me, success as a parent is how well your children bring up their own children. I sincerely wish you the best of luck.

As an 18 year old living alone on welfare I'm constantly terrified of what my future holds. Will I have a successful career? Will I have fulfilling relationships? Will I be able to build a healthy family without resenting them all, should I end up sacrificing my career for them? Even if it had its faults, this talk was a good reminder that I don't have to worry about any of this stuff for a long long time. So that's nice...

By far one of the best ted talks. I just followed Beleaf’s personal yt account

All i can say man is thank you

The best psychiatrist and dad ever. "Creativity comes from the emotions." Never realized that, of course.

Emocionante, uma verdadeira lição de vida!

Thank you Glen Henry

Beautiful

Wow! Congratulations Beleaf!!!

Thank you for your presentation

My goal before 2020 is to become a stay home dad. First, I gotta find a way to make 6 figure income so I can quit my corporate job. 2nd find a nice gal for my kids. And last, enjoy every min of raising my own kids. It's much better than giving them up to some stranger in a wicked school system!!

As a work from home mom the emotional fatigue is so real

This is awesome. I love it!

It's difficult. I started that experience at 20. You can't hide from it until you make up your mind to be.

Thank you ! People have to see this ! It's hard to stay at home 7/24 /365 ... It's not sitting on a chair, look TV, and waiting .... Lol. 😂 So many people think it's just that ..... Good luck to your family 😜

Omg! Really powerful

Stay at home dad here for a couple of years after getting out of the military. I keep going through depression episodes, like right now I have no motivation to do anything. Feel like I'm in a rut going through the motions every day. Some days I'll try and teach my 4 year old numbers letters etc. But I know I'm not a good teacher and I get frustrated easy. All my kid does is watch tv all day from sun up tell sun down. I just feel like I'm failing as a father that I should be doing something with/for my kid but dont know what or how.

Отличное выступление! Согласна с ним полностью в том, что иногда бывают моменты эмоционального истощения, именно поэтому, находясь в декретном отпуске, я периодически подрабатываю себе в удовольствие, когда муж меня заменяет в свои выходные дни.

◕‿◕ loved it 💜 ! i stayed for the first two years (my max) and gained so much from it (am very close to my baby which is now all grownup and in the navy). (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) kudos, friend ! your kids had gained and will not forget it. i promisssss

Guys a gem

I decided to give up my job to help care for family but it basically helped shoot my professional career in the foot. I would have continued working part-time or flexibly but that wasn’t an option - they wanted all or nothing. Seems like workplaces still don’t allow for work-life balance, even though they are supposed to offer that kind of flexibility by law.

Awesome.

Leaf!! My g!!!

For most people it's literally impossible for one parent's income to support the entire family. Both parents *must* work. This is not 1950s America.

I have had difficult situations but never "hated" a job. First and foremost--- what is the purpose of employment: serving others or serving yourself? There lies the problem. Ivtook my kidsvto school everyday of their school days; then I went to a jobsite. When I got home I spent a littlevtime with the family and then eorked 'til 11:00 pm on average. Weekends were in my home shop. 7 days x 12 hours = about 80 hours for 20 years. Jobs and projects afforded me the opportunity to raise our kids and be home more than on the road. Win-Win for my employers and my family. 💗

I want to be a stay at home dad in a few years and earn enough on RU-vid to support a family, Looks like part of the RU-vid channel is going to be rolling on the ground with a diaper on my head with my kids in the future

Being a disabled parent of two children one being autistic is super frustrating and tough..

Great video!!

Friday, may 6, 4:35 pm It's fun here but of word. Song Heng doesn't live on a farm. His folks have a large apartment in a big old house. The call it a flat. I asked for the bathroom they thought I wanted a bath. I'm learning fast.

No one died bruh 😂😂

am I the only one who busted out in tears lol

how many of my friend gushed I am jealous of your sister when I said she was a mom. I want to be "Mr Mom"

SpeAk TrUTH!🤓😉😊

It is cute and quite relatable but it would have been better if some genuine issues or problems related to parenting were discussed with possible solutions.

Dope!

LEt's go

BELEAF!!🍃

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You lucky SOB :) Don't EVER let that woman go !

Beleaf Melanin. I see you.

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Beleaf!!!!

Pimpin in the apt laundry room. Sukit

Re-upload?

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For anyone gullible enough to believe that being a stay at home parent is *the hardest job in the world* or even some great achievement, I'm here to inform you that the vast majority of women will not agree to work while the father takes care of the children. When situations like that occur, the woman often starts to resent and leaves the man. Even when she comes up with the idea and the man simply follows it, she will no longer find him attractive and kick him. "Stay at home dads just ain't sexy." and "Love is a one way street."

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Moral of the story: Dont have kids.

What exactly was the point of this other than to pander to women about how hard it is to be a mother?

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He lost me the moment he said "we are pregnant"

This video what so completely obtuse and unironic. I was first dumbfounded and then just offended that TED would drop the bar this low. I kept waiting for the profound part, but it kept getting worse and worse until I realized that this was it, another straight man talking about what women as mothers and caregivers have been saying for centuries and centuries. And that doesn't even scratch on the interesting or important topics about caregiving that have been studied and discusses. I'm sorry to go full Womyn's Studies on you all, but I can't help it. Other than being a man who has experienced something new that women have already experienced and been outspoken about, what gives Glen the authority? For one, what was that dry-erase board thing?? Does Glen know anything about early childhood education? He did say he "read an article" *rolls eyes*. So in that part of the video, Glen begins, "I thought I knew that the best way to teach kids right from wrong was to discipline them...the pain, the fear, that would teach them" (6:14). Unfortunately misinformed. I wonder which powerful, gender-based system of violence, oppression, and control gave Glen those ideas about raising kids... Anyway, then without explaining at all what he's doing with that poor 2 year old (to us or him?), Glen says he, "makes connections that they can understand". Much better! Very sharp stuff you've got there with the dry erase board... Oh, and I hate to rag on his little home made videos, but spewing those irresponsible patriarchal views makes it worth it. The home video clips...were a little painful. The kids were cute, but the videos were clearly staged by the dad, or at least had a big element of "ooOOH let me go grab my camera!" when a stereotypically cute thing happened, like drawing on the walls with crayon while wearing matching superhero masks. And then good on Glen for making up games and taking his children outside? Good on him for giving his enlightened, sensitive perspective to another man too? You're being a MODERATE parent. You haven't impressed me at all yet. Honestly, that fictional woman that you made up about the laundry and the child and the dog made me more sympathetic. Not only do women stay at home at significantly higher %'s than men, but women care for children as single mothers at significantly higher %'s than men. Are any of them trending #2 on TED Talks right now? TED Talks, please delete this boring waste of a viewer's time and find a real, original, well-done, and worthy "Idea Worth Spreading" to replace it. Maybe by a mom?

Thank you ! People have to see this ! It's hard to stay at home 7/24 /365 ... It's not sitting on a chair, look TV, and waiting .... Lol. 😂 So many people think it's just that ..... Good luck to your family 😜