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The real issue is people thinking tiktok videos are actually representative of anybody's real life. However, her having no assets on her name is a true red flag.

I also don’t understand why not having help is a flex. Help is good. I understand wanting to do some things yourself, you love to cook so you cook. But exhaustion is a sign you’re not taking care of yourself. You cant pour from an empty cup.

Her name isn’t on the land, home, or business….

I am from South Africa, and I've noticed that not having domestic help around the house is a Western thing. Most countries in America and Europe associate having a maid or nanny with laziness, whereas in Africa, it is almost unheard of. African homes, whether middle class or upper class, typically have help, and it is more affordable than in the Western world. African households understand that in order to run a house successfully, domestic help is necessary

Seeing her driving farm equipment one handed w an infant on her shoulder scared the crap out of me.

A sacrifice is giving up something good for something better. Giving up something better for something good is simply a bad decision. And what is better vs good is deeply personal. Just started the video but I wanted to say this because I think sometimes people don't understand what sacrifice should be. Edit now that I finished the video. To make that personal decision of "better or good" you do need informed consent and not given choices in an extremely biased light or being coerced into them.

She lost the right to be completely "left alone" the moment she started posting her personal life for the world to see and what she does is gaslighting women, she has the time to do the baking and aesthetic, because she has an army of employees behind her, what you don't see is the help cleaning and doing the heavy lifting behind the camera. A lot of young women will go into motherhood blind and with unrealistic expectations

She thinks she has a choice but Mormon women only have one choice if they want to go to heaven. It’s sad🙁

There are definitely degrees of mormonism. I have a friend who's mormon, is married with two young kids and pursuing her PhD. Her mother who is also Mormon had a thriving career as a professor at a secular university and now her and her husband help with my friend's kids. The pop violinist Lindsey Stirling is also openly mormon and she has always been single with no kids. The Olympic gymnast Mikayla Skinner is also openly mormon and open about using birth control while training for the Olympics. She now has a baby but it at least seemed like something she really wanted. Not discounting these other women's stories by any means. Just wanted to bring this up so if anyone encounters a mormon on the street they don't immediately assume they are deeply oppressed. One should instead ask them questions about their faith and lifestyle before passing a blanket judgement because of their religion. (Honestly the same is true of most if not all religions).

Not now kids, Ashley just uploaded.

As an ex-muslim, Islam is very similar. Especially what the girl in the white tank with red nails said. I also feel the way about hijab - it's not real free choice. The opposite of the choice is hellfire in the afterlife and extreme guilt in this life.

I had a brother who was a wonderful husband to his wife of 15 years and a loving father to their 4 children. He was a devout Dad while his wife stayed at home with the kids. Until he had a massive heart attack. He died suddenly and without warning at 42. Of course we as a family stepped in to help but for all purposes, his wife was thrust without notice into being a single mom of 4 and had to find a job. Always have a career path, keep up your credentials, do part time work, whatever you can. Stuff happens, be prepared.

The LDS church actually places ads on the videos of influencers who use certain keywords, like “Mormon” or “Utah”. Alyssa Grenfell did a video on this. The ad revenue that Mormon influencers earn is much higher than what other influencers would earn for similar content. They may be stay-at-home mothers or tradwives, but they are also bringing in the cash. And since Mormons tithe, at least 10% is going back to the LDS church.

I will never understand why people are using highly edited and curated social media influencers as a reference for how they should be living their personal lives...

As someone who was born and raised and still live in Utah, the messaging the Mormon church sends is damaging. I stopped going to church at the age of about 15/16 but still spoke highly of the church until I was in my earlier 20s. I wouldn’t say I was the most dedicated Mormon but I believed in a lot of the teachings, but that said I’m almost 30 in therapy and deprograming myself from the teachings. Personally I feel like it’s a cult that people are forced into because their parents/family are in it. I would have never choose to get baptized if I had the knowledge I know now. But they do baptisms starting at the age of 8. As a young woman you go to “Young Women” on usually a Wednesday night were they start teaching you how to be a good wife and mother and how to act and dress to get a godly man…at 12 years old. But the boys get to go to “young men’s” where they play basketball and do scout activities.

The trad-wife movement is annoying to me as a traditional/conservative woman because the idea that a wife has to do it all by herself in terms of childcare and household management is so isolating and lonely. Traditional cultures, past and present, all over the world, do not function like this. Instead, children are raised by a “village” of family/close friends and everyone works together to keep the house running. Great video though, as always!❤ (Edit for grammar)

Poor lady having to be in bed due to exhaustion and having multi millions..not hiring help are they out of their minds? Get a farm worker, workers, a tutor/ teacher, a nanny! Imagine just the dishes and laundry amount daily….plus all the animals…omogosh…😢poor lady, she’s dying in the flesh…I knew a woman who worked and was a super mom and wife liberal she’s dead. So…it’s not a religious thing she was spiritual and liberal…Women get boundaries…

Not having help with child care is insane. These so called traditionalists need to learn their history. At no point before the 20th century was it normal for people to have 8 kids and no help at home. People lived with/near extended families and child rearing was shared across multiple people. Her handling 8 kids on her own is not traditional it's insane. It's not sustainable and it's not healthy for her or for the kids.

My problem is that there used to be strict child actor laws which came into place after the parents of early actors like Shirley Temple had all their money squandered. Children are supposed to have their own trust funds, school hours on set, and independent legal representation. Influencers like this are profiting off monetizing their children, and not treating them legally as actors. It's theoretically legal in some states, but it's a shitty way to strip your children of their privacy.