I am not a man, or stay at home dad obviously but I went to my baby group today and I saw one man there and felt bad for him, like he was all alone in a world of women...it must be hard,
2007-03-12 06:11:36 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I would think the same, just because our pluming is different he has to deal with the same same thing as all stay at home parents. Don't feel bad for him, make friends and try to include him. If the roles were different and you were the only woman in a world of men you would want some one to reach out to you too. I have to stay I commend him for what hes doing, so many fathers are not present in their children's lives even when they are in the same home.
2007-03-12 09:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by lak3rat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had a really really good paying job then I would not mind, it would be kinda nice to know someone I love and trust is taking care of my children...but I do not have a job that makes a ton of money or at least enough for one other parent to stay home, so I would not like the idea...I would MUCH RATHER stay home and raise my children....my mom stayed home with us and I would like to do the same, but with the way the world is right now, both parents really do need to work to make ends meet
2007-03-12 15:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking from experience, my husband is a stay at home dad, our kids are close to him, it makes me feel good. My own dad works on the north slope, has since I was 10 I am now 34 and still do not know him very well. My dad is a from the dark ages as well, and does not understand my husbands choice to be a stay at home dad. I am the work a holic in our family, I also go to school. But I still make time for my family. I really admire a man who is not afraid to be at home with his kids.
2007-03-12 14:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by missjax72 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My old neighbor was a stay at home dad. I had a lot of respect for a man who knew it was also his duty to stay home if need be. His wife had a great job. The man you saw went to this group out of choice so why feel sorry for him?
2007-03-12 13:46:48 · answer #4 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think stay at home dad's have a bad rap. It's hard work even if the kids are in school. Not only do they have the kids to take care of (don't forget they are home over the summer) but they usually have the majority of the housework to do.
2007-03-12 13:20:47 · answer #5 · answered by N 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A friend of my husbands just left his job because his wife got a new job and they had to move. His commute would have been over an hour one way. He is now staying home with their two girls ages 2 and 7 months and starting his own business from home. I have a lot of respect for him. I certainly wouldn't feel sorry for a man who is lucky enough to be home with his kids.
2007-03-12 13:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by Debbi S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt assume he was a "stay at home dad". Maybe he just has certain days of the week off and is being an EXCEPTIONAL father by taking his kids to play group. I'd definitely encourage him for his dedication and, well, BRAVERY
Lord knows if my husband were left without a job for a while he wouldnt be caught DEAD in one of those "mom" things. He'd take my baby girl to a batting cage (or his mothers!)
2007-03-12 13:30:50 · answer #7 · answered by okiedokey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i wouldn't think bad of him, i would wonder if he was a single dad, or if his wife had a high paying job that could afford him to be a stay home dad, what is the difference with a man staying home with the kids than a woman, they are his kids too. just a like a mom i am happy for a dad to be able to afford to stay home with the kids to. if a couple has no probablem with the man being the stay at home dad and the woman work . it is nobody's business. beside kids neee at least one parent home with them instead of being shuffled off to a babysitter.
2007-03-12 13:20:32 · answer #8 · answered by raven1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
helplessromantic2000 is right and the others who support the stay at home dad are right to. I am sure there have been
stay at home dads for along time even before the movie
Daddy Day Care. Is this really your first time meeting a
stay at home dad?
2007-03-12 13:39:15 · answer #9 · answered by georgia_peach 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as a dad, i actually did this for the 1st 3 months of both of my son's lifes,
didn't just have a job, i have a career, and i told them i was taking it off, state laws allow for both the mother and father to take it off so i did
it was the best bonding experience anybody every could have had, my sons are now 16 & 13 and we are all still very close
I don't know about the other guy you are speaking of, but just maybe he is doing the same thing i did
also being in the parent role isn't based on which sex we are, so it's a parents world, not a woman's world, personally i was proud to stand there in the parent's world, being there for my sons, so no need to feel bad for me
2007-03-12 13:36:01 · answer #10 · answered by seven_ms_man 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋