What It Really
Means To Be A Stay-
At-Home Parent,
In 31 Candid Photos
According to 2014 reports from Pew Research Center, there have been recent increases in the number of moms and dads who identify as stay-at-home parents.
Though it comes with many rewards, being a stay-at-home parent is a challenge in its own right – from the endless errands and messes to clean up to the total lack of alone time.
We asked the stay-at-home moms and dads in the HuffPost Parents Facebook community for photos that sum up their experience.
Here are 31 of their photos and musings about what being a stay-at-home parent means to them. (Click here for a look at what some working parents had to share about their experiences.)
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Kristen Sievers Bracken
Maggie Jones,
Sarah Poyck Lesniara
Lindsay Atkinson,
Stephanie Gendro
Kimberly Jepsen Howard
Angelic Orellana,
Katherine Smith
Manuela Perez,
Farah Miller
Athina Marie Fascianella
Amber Elalami,
Dara K Tilghman
Kimmy Green,
Houakia Moua
Lloyd Thomas
Jenn Lott,
Ali O'Brien
Alice Bronzo,
Amanda Hamilton
Kelli Marsden
Molly Kikumi,
Dara K. Tilghman
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Julianna Fischer
Alexandria Kelly,
Heather Polumbus Wennberg
Danielle Wiltz,
Kayla Jankans
Teresa Johnson,
Kelly Bialick
"Grocery shopping trips with Mom!"
"Make a mess. Clean the mess. Repeat. Love my little guys."
"Being a SAHD means grocery shopping with these two as quick as I can."
"Never going
to the bathroom alone!"
"Being a SAHM not only means I'm there for every tantrum, but I'm also there to teach him how to enjoy simple things like planting flowers. Memories he'll take with him forever. Oh, and it also means hair roots lol."