SAHM Job Description

You probably found this page because you were Googling how to explain being a stay at home parent without sounding like a cliché. This video is exactly that. It starts with the dreaded question about what I do for work. I run through the actual daily titles. I act out being a hostage negotiator, a short order cook, an unpaid chauffeur, and a hazardous waste specialist.

The execution here is decent but not perfect. I went a little heavy on the facial expressions when I was performing the hostage negotiator bit. If you look closely at my eyes around the twelve second mark, you can see me break character for a split second. My toddler was trying to eat a piece of dog kibble off camera right at that exact moment. That is the genuine reality of the job right there.

The stats on this one are a great lesson in quality over quantity. It only hit about nine hundred views. That usually feels like a total flop. But the engagement rate was over fifteen percent. People who actually watched it felt deeply seen. They shared their own absurd daily job requirements in the comments. The opening question works because every at home parent feels that mild panic when someone asks for their career title at a neighborhood barbecue. We know the reality is exhausting. We just want an accurate way to say it out loud.