Fury at father’s argument that being a stay-at-home mom is ‘not a job’

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On 11 January, social media user Jared Sayre was captured responding to a commenter who’d argued that being a stay-at-home mom is a job. “Do you know how many single mothers out there actually have jobs and then have to come home and do your job?” In support of his perspective, Sayre noted how he’d taken four months off of work to watch his daughter at home. On top of all that, Poynter added how stay-at-home parents have the extra responsibility of raising their children and ensuring they don’t “cause irrevocable physical and psychological harm to an innocent human being who didn’t ask to be here.” Speaking to Today, Poynter explained what annoyed him most about Sayre’s argument. “The audacity to think you just ‘watch’ your kids instead of ‘raise’ your kids,” one woman wrote, while another said: “Wait a minute stay at home mom’s are watching TV and taking naps.