Stay at home fathers

If you are a stay at home Dad you have joined a lot of men that are staying home and raising their children.
Naturally, once a child is not breast feeding then a Dad can take over the job as the stay at home Dad. But then that doesn't matter as the breast milk can be expressed and kept in bottles for Dad to feed the baby when Mom is away at her place of employment.

As we already know a Dad hanging around the classroom waiting for his child is not as familiar to others as a Mom waiting. I know you have probably been asked if you work: of course you work, just as hard as many stay at home Moms.

You probably have a good laugh with your wife when she comes home after a long day at the office about the smiles and stares you get standing and waiting for your child's class to end.
Sometimes when there is a divorce the Mom will be the one to move away and the Dad will be the only parent for the children. Men just have more choices now and in some homes the Dad will be the one at home and the Mom will be the one at work.

When you take your child to the neighborhood play area the Moms always wonder what you are doing there, but you might need to just say hello to a few, introduce yourself and your child and then you'll just be accepted each time you and your child arrive for him to play.
I would think also that when you say you are a stay at home Dad: some will say to you that this is just so remarkable that your wife works and earns the family income and that you are doing her job. They'll probably also remark that their husbands couldn't take care of the children as
they just wouldn't know what to do at all.
It is a wonderful time in our society that women and men can make the choice as to who makes the living and who raises the children. Sometimes one can just bring in more income or one wants to be at home and the other to work, but no matter who makes the living you are a family and nothing else matters. I have been spotting more Dads at the school lately when I pick up my grandson from his preschool class. It does make sense and to your child or children this is a natural way of life.

I would suggest you enjoy your role as a Dad at home and do your very best. It does make a lot of sense as the last count I read was that well over two and one half million Dad's are staying home and the number is known to be rising yearly.