A father holding his baby directly addresses a user's comment that claims parenting duties are equal. He passionately refutes this idea by explaining that pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period place a disproportionate physical, mental, and emotional burden on women. He uses this as a reason to educate other fathers on the importance of supporting their partners and giving them rest, concluding with a call for men to be better partners and fathers.
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It certainly isn’t equal. Not even close.
I posted a similar video a while back and sits at almost 2 million views.
The video isn’t about calling out the person who left the comment. It’s about educating other men so that we can provide better situations for our partners and children.
As I continue to learn about pregnancy and postpartum I learn to empathise more and more with my partner. What she has and will go through is so tremendous and I while I can’t fully comprehend it I can try to understand so I can better care for her. I wish this is something I did a better job of with our first child.
By having these conversations we as dads can better ourselves and continue to lift the standard for each other.
This is how we create a world full of better men by having these conversations and being masculine to stand up and speak when we see something we know isn’t good enough.
Dads supporting dads 🤍
#fatherhood #parenting #pregancy #postpartum
Transcript
Let's talk about this comment I received. Good morning, everybody. I'm Jim. This is Lola, and we're up on the bad morning shift. And today, we're gonna talk about this comment that I received the other day. This is the reason why I make these videos, why I talk about the dad morning shift, why I give advice to other dads. It's because there are still dead out there who don't understand how much our women go through when they give birth to our children. Giving birth to a child is not fifty fifty. The pregnancy isn't fifty fifty. The birth isn't fifty fifty. The aftermath of what a woman is going through physically, mentally, emotionally is not fifty fifty. They're breastfeeding. They're thinking about the baby all the time. The mental strain that is on a woman before and especially after having a baby is so substantial. And for a male to then comment and say, oh, well, you know, we don't need to give them their space. That is absolutely rubbish. I don't care what you tell me. I disagree rank I do not care. The purpose of the dead morning shift or whatever period of time you can find better you work or no, and yes, I do worse. I work full tier, but I am a teacher, so I don't have to go to work till about 08:00. You take that tier, you bring your baby out and you let your partner best. Because no, it has not been fifty fifty. She has been through so much shit that we are not going through. And yes, maybe we go to worse. But do you know what? And I am certain of this. Some days, it is easier to go to work than it is to be at home with a baby. Have you ever walked around with a baby for eight or nine hours and they will not let you put them down? Again, the mental stress that that puts you under is brutal. So to say that a lady or a woman or our partners do not deserve to have a rest and you don't agree with this whole, oh, giving the woman a break thing is just ridiculous. I hope other dads see this. I hope they disagree with it and I hope that as men we are better than this because our partners deserve better. Do not over complicate these dads. Have a beautiful day. I'll see you next time and as men, let's be Better.
