http://stayathomedads.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Stay at Home Dads GuideSite. http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2009-02-28T21:58:16Z Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:58:16 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2011/02/09/should-you-be-worried.htm <p>Especially if you're a new dad, being the one who's home alone most of the time with the little one can be a scary thing. You want to do what's right for your child, but how are you supposed to know what's normal and what should be raising an internal red flag -- without getting on the phone with your wife or doctor or mother every other day, that is?</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2011/02/09/should-you-be-worried.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2011/02/09/should-you-be-worried.htm Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:45:18 +0000 2011-02-09T10:45:18Z http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/28/take-part-in-research-on-primary-cargiving-fathers.htm <p>The Temple University Department of Psychology is conducting research examining the attitudes toward fathers as primary and secondary caregivers and is looking for <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=https://www.psychdata.com/s.asp?SID=127099 ">participants in a survey</a>.</p> <p>Graduate student Katharine Wilson is heading what looks like a worthy effort and tells me she is interested in the area because she grew up in a stay-at-home dad household and although she was oblivious to them at the time and now realizes her father faced a number of challenges. “I hope to use my research to educate people in an effort to eliminate the stigmas attached to fathers acting as primary caregivers,” she says.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/28/take-part-in-research-on-primary-cargiving-fathers.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/28/take-part-in-research-on-primary-cargiving-fathers.htm Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:58:16 +0000 2009-02-28T21:58:16Z http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/26/an-afternoon-at-the-ballpark-a-nice-change-of-pace.htm <p>We live in a part of the world where baseball’s spring training takes place. So today I decided to gather up the boys and head to the ballpark. Nothing better than letting them run around the lawn seating while soaking up a beautiful day in February. I know, sounds weird and I’m not trying to make anyone who is freezing jealous, but it was nice.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/26/an-afternoon-at-the-ballpark-a-nice-change-of-pace.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/26/an-afternoon-at-the-ballpark-a-nice-change-of-pace.htm Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:14:43 +0000 2009-02-26T22:14:43Z http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/24/just-how-dreamy-of-a-job-is-an-at-home-dad.htm <p>It’s hard not to pay attention when you see stay-at-home dads mentioned in an Internet posting titled “<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.cracked.com/article_17066_6-dream-jobs-that-would-actually-suck.html">6 Dream Jobs That Would Actually Suck</a>,” such as this one from Cracked.com. Yep, there it is at No. 3: Stay-at-Home Dads. At first I thought it might be some sarcastic rendition of how at-home dads struggle with their inner being or something down those lines. I was ready to be a little ticked. But instead it mentioned a few very real struggles that stay-at-home dads face – struggles that can be killer if not <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/od/yourstayathomecareer/tp/stayathomedadprep.htm">addressed early and often</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/24/just-how-dreamy-of-a-job-is-an-at-home-dad.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/24/just-how-dreamy-of-a-job-is-an-at-home-dad.htm Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:32:02 +0000 2009-02-24T01:32:02Z http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/22/a-birthday-marathon.htm <p>We went to our fifth birthday party in eight weeks over the weekend. All but one of them was for 4-year-olds. We’re kind of tired. Anyway, I found it interesting to observe the kinds of parties that are thrown for kids, and having so many celebrations in a short time made it easy to observe. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/22/a-birthday-marathon.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/22/a-birthday-marathon.htm Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:55:10 +0000 2009-02-22T15:55:10Z http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/20/finally-im-a-babysitting-stay-at-home-dad.htm <p>This morning, for the first time, I was asked one of stay-at-home dads’ favorite questions: Are you babysitting today? The moment happened at a gas station as I was getting my youngest out of the car and came from an elderly gentleman. Didn’t really faze me, and I realize in his day he probably would have been. I just smiled and said “yup.” I didn’t need to go into any sort of debate as <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/od/thesahdstigma/a/opinionresponse.htm">a response</a>. Besides, I just wanted to get a drink and move on with my day. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/20/finally-im-a-babysitting-stay-at-home-dad.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/20/finally-im-a-babysitting-stay-at-home-dad.htm Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:41:33 +0000 2009-02-20T15:41:33Z http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/19/stay-at-home-mom-scholarship-proposal-misses-mark.htm <p>A state legislator in Missouri has opened a stay-at-home parent can of worms. Republican Rep. Cynthia Davis has proposed a bill that would give stay-at-home moms $600 in scholarship money per year for each child they have under the age of 15 if they make less than $1,000. Problem here is it doesn’t include stay-at-home dads. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/19/stay-at-home-mom-scholarship-proposal-misses-mark.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/19/stay-at-home-mom-scholarship-proposal-misses-mark.htm Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:09:34 +0000 2009-02-19T14:09:34Z http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/18/even-more-on-dads-and-the-economy.htm <p>Here is what has virtually become the weekly update on the economy’s impact on the role of dads in family. This one comes from the <em><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.mercurynews.com/bailout/ci_11724926?nclick_check=1">San Jose Mercury News</a></em> and doesn’t really give any additional insight from the recent <em><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/11/are-dads-not-embracing-new-role.htm">New York Times</a></em>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/18/even-more-on-dads-and-the-economy.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/18/even-more-on-dads-and-the-economy.htm Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:42:24 +0000 2009-02-18T11:42:24Z http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/16/how-to-be-an-at-home-dad.htm Howcast has <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.howcast.com/videos/109069-How-To-Be-a-StayatHome-Dad">a video</a> on how to be a stay-at-home dad. I’ll get right to it – the video is pretty cheesy and the dad in it might be the ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/16/how-to-be-an-at-home-dad.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/16/how-to-be-an-at-home-dad.htm Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:50:59 +0000 2009-02-16T00:50:59Z http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/13/another-peek-at-fellow-sahds.htm London’s <em>Daily Telegraph</em> had a nice package on stay-at-home dads this week. There was <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/4600556/House-husbands-Are-you-man-enough.html">a main piece</a> – headlined with the awesome question, “Are you man enough?” – and then ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/13/another-peek-at-fellow-sahds.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://stayathomedads.about.com/b/2009/02/13/another-peek-at-fellow-sahds.htm Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:54:32 +0000 2009-02-13T01:54:32Z