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🗓️ 14 April 2020
⏱️ 73 minutes
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0:00.0 | Can we talk about something else? Can we talk about something else? The The Oh, yeah. So, |
0:34.0 | So, So, Oh, My son just turned six years old. He's a sweet kid. For example, I'll often mess with him by claiming that something he's been |
1:05.5 | looking forward to has been canceled. And except for the rare occasion, like when I convinced |
1:10.3 | him that Saturdays were now school days, he absorbs the news quite well. |
1:14.8 | He'll reason and console me for having to break such bad news to him. |
1:19.4 | If he's eating a snack and you aren't, he'll offer you some. |
1:22.4 | If he falls and gets hurt, his first concern |
1:25.1 | is to stop you from worrying about him. He'll smash his knee then hobble up, repeating |
1:30.3 | that he's okay, even though he's clearly not. |
1:33.2 | I've witnessed him babble through tears that he's okay. |
1:37.3 | I'm a stay-at-home dad. |
1:39.5 | Yeah, you heard right. |
1:40.7 | My name's Jack Luna, and I'm a stay-at-home dad. |
1:45.0 | I destroy my back ignoring lift systems and group homes and now my fiancée is the breadwinner. |
1:51.0 | She has a career and I have the ability to suck up my pride and do |
1:55.4 | what a lot of men would consider to be emasculating. The Social Services |
2:00.5 | feel doesn't pay shit. How much do you think you negotiate to be paid if the |
2:04.8 | assignment offered you was to work shifts in a home for the mentally and indoor physically |
2:09.6 | disadvantaged wherein you're responsible for all of their personal care. |
2:14.0 | Oh, and some are violent, some might die in your shift, and if they do, you'll be |
2:19.4 | investigated, possibly even charged. I mean, say one of them falls down the stairs while |
2:24.9 | struggling with you or takes off into the street while out for a stroll or just |
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