OMG everybody! Hop in the minivan right now and get to shopping! We almost missed Work At Home Dads Day!!

It's Friday, June 13. Here's what the press release announcing it said:

"Held each year on the Friday before Father’s Day, it is one day set aside to honor and celebrate those fathers who have elected to work or remain at home – either as home-based entrepreneurs, teleworkers, or full-time caregivers – as a means to improve family interaction, professional satisfaction, and balance between the two."

Okay, nothing wrong with that. Until I read this: It's also, according to the press release, a day for work at home dads to "finally get their due."

How does one type spluttering in disbelief? Now, I am all about the stay-at-home or work-at-home dad. I think it's fabulous that men are allowing themselves the chance to have that closeness with their children typically reserved for moms, and are also picking up all the crap that goes with it. And I'll acknowledge that in some ways it's harder for them culturally than it is for mothers – playgrounds are rife with the assumptions a dad with his kids is probably unemployed or biding his time until he gets a real job, while no one looks twice at an equally intelligent and educated woman allowing her spouse to be the breadwinner.

BUT. Every mom with a male partner who is a halfway decent one has had the experience of watching your partner get treated like he's a hero for playing with the kids and father of the damn year for changing a diaper (of the decade if it's a twosie). In other words, the stuff we do all day, every day and it's just expected we get it done – and if you work for pay, you do it on top of also earning a paycheck. No one's offering up the kudos to us, is all I'm saying.

I'm not begrudging dads who take on the bulk of the childcare a day to honor them. But as a work at home mom who's lived through more than one day like this, I think there damn well better be a work at home mom day right on its heels.