Mointo writes:

"Nothing special just like every parent does or should do... I deserve just as much praise as any mother out there."

Yes, you do.  

I took that to be the point of her article - men get special praise for those things that are, as you say 'nothing special.'  Don;'t get me wrong - very good to do, but just what we should be expected to do.

She probably didn't need to be sarcastic about it, but still, that's the point she was making.