All stay at home dads, and wives of stay at home dads should check out this article written by Penelope Trunk. Hat tip to Rebel Dad.
So why should you read it? Read on…
My husband, in fact, has brought up divorce for other reasons. I am not totally sure which ones, to be honest, but I think it is career related since I have a great career and his sort of stalled when he became a stay-at-home dad and then went to hell from there.
I know that there are a lot of stay-at-home dads. But while it may seem like there …read more

Paternal Life has a good article out about being a True Father taken from Steve Biddulph.
A ‘true’ father is much more than your child’s friend. Your love, commitment to and involvement in your daughter’s life is unshakeable. Whatever happens, you will be there for her, as long as you live. So, you have to be kinder, and more forgiving, than any friend would possibly be. Also, to do your job, you have to sometimes be tougher than any friend would risk being.
There will be times when your daughter will not like what you say, or what you do or …read more

A couple weekends ago was the very first Dadstock event. The Daily Herald interviewed Todd Krater in an article last week.
“Originally it was designed to just be a local thing,” says Todd Krater, a stay-at-home Lakemoor father who organized Dadstock. “It’s starting to snowball.”
I know Todd from the Dad Stays Home Forum, and he then began inviting anybody who could actually show up. Unfortunately I was unable to attend as it was a long ways from my house and it would have meant bringing all 5 of the kids. Probably an expensive trip no doubt.
About 20 dads from as far-flung …read more

Cory at Marriage Actually comes up with 6 Tips on How to Encourage Your Spouse.
A great and honorable thing you can do as a husband is to encourage your wife when things seem to get a bit on the downswing of things. Life, and especially married life, can be real tricky. Cory gives 6 tips such as:
1) Nagging Is NOT Encouraging
2) Learn Your Spouse
3) Ask, “How Can I Help?”
4) Know When to Shut Up
5) Take Turns
6) Celebrate Success
Read his full article

Very debatable. NOT being a geek doesn’t necessarily make you a bad dad but it is almost a sure bet if you are a geek you are a good dad. Why? Lookee here. Top ten reasons geeks make good fathers. Take note… this is written by a woman.
1. LEGOS. The Geek is really more of a Man-Child than an adult. In their minds, they are still 10. They freakin’ still love to play with their legos, and have never grown up. I have one friend, WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS, that still has legos in his room. He doesn’t have kids. …read more

In my travels it was brought to my attention a mom blogger who listed out 10 Reasons Why She Loves Her Stay at Home Dad. Her husband stays home with the kids and so she shows her appreciation. Being a Stay at Home Dad myself it is always nice to see others appreciative of what we do. I do get tired of the stereotypes of who I am because I have chosen to be at home.
So this was a great change and happy to see it.
One of the things on the list does not pertain to me and …read more

Who here watches the show SuperNanny? A couple of days a go Brian McAfee from Alaska was on the show with his 4 kids. What is significant about this dad is he is a single dad. You usually hear about the single moms out there but Brian is couped up in his house with 4 kids and has no contact with adults.
So what happened to mommy? Well we weren’t completely sure for a while but Brian made an appearance at the SuperNanny Rules blog only to tell us mommy lives 20 minutes away. I guess she stops in from …read more

For those who are familiar with Digg or Netscape, Don from Dad Stays Home has turned his home page into a bookmarking site for the dad.
I think this is a great idea, especially where there are more and more blogs out there related to dads and parenting. By narrowing his target audience we can all find good articles that relate so closely to our interests.
Some challenges he will face are competing with the big boys and getting others to trust his site. The good part is when we bookmark our articles we are not limited to just one bookmarking …read more

Being a Stay at Home Dad has its ups and downs as we all know. We face isolation, gender role stereotype attacks by others and the whole nine. I like to share how others feel about being a Stay at Home Dad as it helps let others know the realities of what is happening.
Over at Dad Center, Todd Krater who authors the A Man Among Mommies blog, writes an article about how it feels to be a stay at home father. It is worth a read.
What I did not realize was that I apparently had some terrible disfigurement …read more

All in all everything is wonderful in the Remington house. All of our spirits are lifted, kids are excited about the new arrival… Meghan Alexis, and life is grand. We are sort of living in the good ol’ days. Though things seem really good I do have to get a few things off my chest this morning about being a full time Stay at Home Dad.
First and foremost, having this position feels sometimes like listening to that Oasis song, Wonderwall over and over and over and over and over again, all day long for days on end. Listening to …read more