Stay at Home Dads

Storytelling in the Age of Screens

John McCormick | Posted 05.30.2012

How do I tear the kids away from flashing lights and explosions and get them to sit with a book or tell a story?

Dads, They're Just Like Us

Cara McDonough | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: New Haven, Fatherhood, Parenting, Stay at Home Dads, Stay at Home Mothers, Gender, Gender Roles, Parents News

There's no point in denying the obvious and perhaps even sexist -- in a modern-day definition of the word -- point I'm making: I'm surprised when I see a man excelling at parenting tasks.

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The Same Story? Again?! Storytelling as an Emotional Security Blanket

John McCormick | Posted 05.18.2012

I used to wonder why my sons asked for the same story night after night. I came to the conclusion that kids simply enjoy the comfort of repetition. Think of it as an emotional security blanket.

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The 5 Stages Of Stay-At-Home Fatherhood

Adam Brown | Posted 05.16.2012

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To date, I've held only a handful of jobs, but being the solitary caregiver for two four-month-olds was officially the hardest (and most satisfying) of them all.

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Storytelling With Your Kids: How to Become a 'Story Dad'

John McCormick | Posted 05.02.2012

When dads tell me they don't know how to tell stories, what they're often saying is, they don't know how to talk with their kids.

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It's A Good Time To Be A Woman

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Video, War on Women, Women CEOs, Women Pay, Marissa Mayer, Daddy Track, Mommy Track, Fathers Parenting, Raising Kids, Stay at Home Dads, Women Salaries, Money News

Forget the politics of the so-called war on women. When it comes to their careers anyway, women seem to be winning. Two stories Monday highlight wo...

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Stay-At-Home Dads Face More Bias Than Ann Romney

Nathan Greenberg | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Stay at Home, Ann Romney, Stay at Home Dads, Stay at Home Mothers, Rosengate, Parents News

The Rosen/Romney discussion glossed over the serious social failure of recognizing both genders of stay-at-home parents as valid, important and hard-working.

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Storytelling with Your Kids: Creating a Family Tradition One Story at a Time

John McCormick | Posted 04.19.2012

As an overworked Dad, I'm always looking for ways to find more time with my kids. I've found that storytelling is the ideal activity to enrich family time by creating a fun, free tradition.

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The Phony 'Gender Wars'

Rick Newman | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Media, War on Women, Pundits, Women and Money, Economic Equality, Going Solo, Stay-at-Home Moms, The End of Men, Stay-at-Home Dads, Barack Obama, Hillary Rosen, Mitt Romney, Gender Wars, Hanna Rosin, Decline of Marriage, Ann Romney, Eric Klinenberg, Women News

Do families break apart and relationships falter because men are irrelevant and fail to recognize their own obsolescence? Do men and women really tussle over who is dominant economically?

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Would Hilary Rosen Have Criticized Stay-at-Home Dads as Never Having Worked?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.13.2012

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If Rosen is going to rail against a war against women, then let's agree that a gender bias that praises men who put their kids first but punishes women for the same is an unfair assault in that battle.

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Why Are We Still Having The Stay-At-Home-Mom Debate?

Ann Brenoff | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Boomer Parents, Stay-at-Home Moms, Fifty News, Parenting, Parenting post50, Stay at Home Dads, Stay at Home Moms, Stay at Home Mothers, Fifty News

Wow, talk about a conversational flashback. Thanks to Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen saying how Ann Romney -- stay-at-home Mom to five boys -- "actually never worked a day in her life," that old can of worms about SAHMs has again been reopened.

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Honk If You Love This Clip (Dan Gets a Minivan: A Love Story)

Dan Zevin | Posted 04.10.2012

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Before having kids, my life was economy-sized. There was room for just three passengers: Me, Me and Me.

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Why Men Opting Out Should Make You Angry -- And Create Change

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Opting In, Opting Out, Economic Power, Parentry, The Richer Sex, Women and Sex, Stay at Home Moms, Stay at Home Dads, Men and Sex, Economics and Gender, Liza Mundy, Parents News, The Opt-Out Revolution, Slidepollajax, Women News

I have always wondered whether there would be the same anger at a story about men choosing to ratchet back their careers -- work less, earn less, climb less of the ladder. It looks like I am getting the chance to find out.

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Am I Failing As A Dad?

John Willey | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Parents-Kids, Parenting, Dads, Stay at Home Dads, Parents, Parents-Dads, Parents News

Sometimes I just wish I could erase huge blocks of time from my life. I don't want to remember the half hour screaming matches or the times I wish my kids were not around. They can be tough to deal with sometimes.

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What More And More Educated Women Are Doing

Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Working Women, Stay at Home Dads, Women and Work, Stay at Home Mothers, Educated-Women, Career Change, Top-Earners, Video, Women News

Tiziana Barghini | Reuters (Reuters) - Susanna Mancini cherishes a photo of herself at 27: a smiling face behind a pair of dark sunglasses. O...

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What's Good for Women Is Good For Men in This Economy

Maddy Dychtwald | Posted 05.05.2012

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I'm not talking about the "feminization" of men, where men simply swap roles with women, putting on aprons while we don suits. What's happening isn't role reversal: It's role reinvention.

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Stripping Off the Stay at Home Dad Label

John Willey | Posted 05.01.2012

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I've decided to unclassify myself as a stay home dad. I've grown tired of the label -- in fact I've grown tired of labels all together.

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Why Do Single Dads Get Shafted?

Vicki Larson | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Divorce, Child Custody, Stay at Home Dads, Deadbeat Dads, Fathers, Liberation, Feminist, Divorce News

As much as we love the idea of men being an equal partner in a marriage, we don't necessarily embrace the idea of men being an equal partner in a divorce.

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Is This The Year Of The Dad? (Or Just Another False Start?)

Lisa Belkin | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Census Bureau, Mancession, Dads, Stay-at-Home-Dads, Equality Between the Sexes, Fathers, Equality at Work, Parents News

Do recent years mark a milestone in the evolution of fathers as care givers? It depends whether you prefer to see your glass as half empty, or half full.

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Daily Childcare Changes Fathers, Grandfathers Hormonally

The Women's Media Center | Posted 12.04.2011

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The headlines were certainly eye-catching. "Fatherhood Depletes Testosterone" (Los Angeles Times), "Father's Testosterone Drops Steeply after Baby Arr...

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The Peaceful Home

Ken Harbaugh | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Raising Children, Fatherhood, Parents-Dads, Stay at Home Dads, Parents News

Being a father is the best, perhaps the only, excuse a man has to be unabashedly childlike.

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An Experiment in Being a SAHM (Stay-at-Home-Mom)

Laurie Puhn | Posted 11.16.2011

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Oprah would often declare that being a stay-at-home mom is the hardest job in the world. She was dead on.

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A Non-Feminist Role Model

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.17.2011

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We are the last generation to be raised primarily by the traditional family model. And I, for one, am grateful and proud to be a member of that generation.

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8 Reasons Why Stay-at-Home Dads Are Better Than Stay-at-Home Moms

Greg Olear | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Gender Differences, Humor, Stay at Home Dads, Stay-at-Home Moms, Parents-Dads, Parents News

If necessity dictates that one half of the couple remain at the hearth to keep the proverbial home fires burning, there are some advantages to having that person be Dad.

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Why Stay-At-Home Dads May Get Screwed In A Split

Beverly Willett | Posted 09.25.2011

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Last year there were approximately five million stay-at-home moms in the United States. (The number decreased slightly from 2008, statistically insig...

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