Glen Henry: What I've learned about parenting as a stay-at-home dad
格兰·亨利: 全职奶爸的育儿经验
Glen "Beleaf" Henry is a father documenting all the mistakes and joys of parenting. Full bio
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my superpowers through fatherhood.
通过父亲的角色获得超能力的。
ever worked a job they hated.
有没有做过自己讨厌的工作。
ever worked a job they hated?
I don't want you guys to judge me.
我不要你们来评判我。
这是一个安全的地方吧?
is it a safe space?
the job I hated,
看着后视镜,
looking in the rearview mirror,
which friend I could call
back in the building.
a lot of issues for me,
the same question.
anyone could ask you.
最糟糕的问题。
今天过的怎么样?”
我不愿再想工作的地方。
to think about that place again.
百分之四十用于育儿。
40 percent of my income on childcare.
with our second child.
如何解决将要面对的
how we were going to fix this whole thing
很棒的全职奶爸。”
a great stay-at-home dad."
something like that?"
来自爸爸的关爱。”
looks like, coming from a father."
of stay-at-home dads before
so get this, I said this --
想到这个,我就说 --
do all day, anyway?"
这个笑容充满智慧
only a woman full of knowledge can smile
should be easy for you.
it seems like a no-brainer."
对你来说带小孩又不废脑子。“
for about a week.
looking into the mirror
was banging on the bathroom door --
你们懂的 --
crying, tears running down his face.
也哭得稀里哗啦。
in the mirror, and I said ...
来一个电话炸弹威胁呢?
to call in a bomb threat?
for my children.
变成了我的小孩。
about being a stay-at-home parent,
比领导可爱多了,
were a lot cuter than my manager,
about being a stay-at-home parent --
怎么做一个全职父母 --
was feed them,
keep them distracted,
让他们分散注意力,
他们就会好好的。
milk in a bottle, they'd be fine.
just a little bit of mischief.
where did it --
小孩2:不,你干的!
Child 2: No, you did it!
Child 2: No, you did it!
小孩2:不,你干的!
about being a stay-at-home parent?
was take them to the park once a week,
带他们去一次公园就行了。
他们就会好好的。
once a week, they'd be fine.
那就意味着他们每天都会弄的很脏。
then that means they get dirty every day.
那他们就需要天天洗澡,
they need baths every day,
having two kids under two,
带着两个两岁以内的小孩,
over 20 dirty diapers a day, OK.
他们几乎等于一直光着屁股。
that's just more nakedness.
of getting peed on,
就算是小孩的尿。
even if it's from a baby.
来自两个洗涤用品公司,Omo和Persil.
detergent companies, Omo and Persil.
that at two hours a day,
囚犯每天放风呆在外面的时间
outside time than children.
所以我就带孩子到外面。
about being a stay-at-home parent,
that I knew nothing,
你连觉都没得睡。
you get no sleep.
你也不能睡个好觉。
you get no sleep.
因为你可以在他们睡着时候睡觉,
because if you sleep when they do,
as a stay-at-home parent?
to teach kids right from wrong
they understood right from wrong,
that would teach them.
下次就老实了。
my children right from wrong
and make connections
are coming from my YouTube channel,
来自我的YouTube频道,
of being a stay-at-home dad.
只是说明我在努力尝试。
it's just showing that I'm trying.
for whoever else is doing this.
about being a stay-at-home parent?
我还有啥体会?
what love looked like.
diapers on your head
until the kids fall asleep
不是吗?
what's the hardest thing,
什么是最困难的部分,
about being stay-at-home parents,
was one of those things.
feeling inadequate,
感觉自己不完整,
is cool the first couple of times,
开头听几遍还不错的,
为啥不给自己做一件羊毛衫
just ain't make herself a wool skirt
you know what I'm saying?
你们懂我说的把?
就是情感疲劳。
was the emotional fatigue.
so I'd write songs for other artists.
我给其它艺人写歌。
you become emotionally tired.
你的情感会觉得很疲劳。
comes from your emotions,
time like to cook,
该是去煮饭的时间了,
毁掉了夫妻关系。
as a stay-at-home parent.
of mine, he said,
摊的到处都是,
hanging outside the drawers,
dinner ready when I get home, right?"
you know what I'm saying?
你们懂我说的?
自己在说些啥。“
what you're talking about."
tired from the night before,
前一晚的疲惫中醒来,
dropping this kid off at school,
送完这个去上学,
for an hour with your mom
这很困难的,好嘛。“
all day, that's hard."
for stay-at-home parents.
standing in their shoes.
in someone else's shoes,
from a different perspective.
就像婴儿蹒跚学步一样。
it feels like baby steps, wobbling.
for the next generation to walk in.
on a certain path, as parents.
我们都会走这条路径。
我们每个人生命里
is one of the biggest foundations
out of the way, and these thorns,
coming after us.
更像是景观改造。
has a lot more to do with landscaping.
is to show up for class.
as a stay-at-home dad.
我理解了陪伴的力量。
from tour one day.
was supposed to pursue the child.
makes himself present.
my friends, is everything.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Glen Henry - Visual storytellerGlen "Beleaf" Henry is a father documenting all the mistakes and joys of parenting.
Why you should listen
Striving to strengthen families before they start, Glen "Beleaf" Henry is giving a tangible look at the often closed off life of black families. Usually sipping toddler tears and hooking his children up to lie detector tests, his antics are hilariously heartwarming and providing value to many people that call the internet their safe space.
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