The role of the American father has changed considerably in the last 30 years. Now more than ever men are becoming stay-at-home dads while their wives pursue careers.
In the past, the role of American dad was largely as the family breadwinner and disciplinarian. Today more and more dads are actively participating in parenting from childbirth to day-to-day basics. As dads staying at home gains more social, the prevalence of stay-at-home dads is.
Attitudes among dads are also changing albeit slowly. There are still many misconceptions that dads aren't as capable of taking care of young children as mothers or that stay-at-home dads are a last resort instead of a willing choice. For more on the social acceptability and the misconceptions of stay-at-home dads, read magazines that cover American culture like Time, Newsweek and Rolling Stone magazine.
In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 159,000 dads in the United States are stay-at-home-dads out of a total of 64.3 million fathers. Stay-at-home dads are not just an American phenomenon. In both the United Kingdom and Japan stay-at-home dads are portrayed in recent novels and television programs. For more on international statistics of stay-at-home dads read The Economist.
The U.S. Census Bureau defines stay-at-home-dads as married fathers with children under 15-years-old who have stayed out of the labor force for more than one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home.
There are several different reasons fathers and families decide the father will stay home and care for children. The most common is economic, perhaps the father is unable to work or the mother earns more money. Also, many stay-at-home dads work from home; with the rise in Internet-related jobs and freelancing jobs many fathers--and mothers--have the ability to work from home rather than a traditional out-of-the-home office.
Although the stay-at-home-dad is not a new idea, the widespread frequency of them is a recent phenomenon. Hollywood tackled the subject more than 25 years ago in the 1983 comedy "Mr. Mom," starring Michael Keaton as a dad who stays home with his kids after he loses his job and his wife find success in an advertising career. More recently, Hollywood again address the subject of stay-at-home dads with the comedy "Daddy Day Care" starring Eddie Murphy. In "Daddy Day Care" two dads lose their jobs and become stay-at-home-dads; to make the best of the situation the dads decide to open their own daycare facility. For more on movies depicting stay-at-home dads, read entertainment magazines like Entertainment Weekly, Interview and Good Housekeeping magazine.
In the past, the role of American dad was largely as the family breadwinner and disciplinarian. Today more and more dads are actively participating in parenting from childbirth to day-to-day basics. As dads staying at home gains more social, the prevalence of stay-at-home dads is.
Attitudes among dads are also changing albeit slowly. There are still many misconceptions that dads aren't as capable of taking care of young children as mothers or that stay-at-home dads are a last resort instead of a willing choice. For more on the social acceptability and the misconceptions of stay-at-home dads, read magazines that cover American culture like Time, Newsweek and Rolling Stone magazine.
In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 159,000 dads in the United States are stay-at-home-dads out of a total of 64.3 million fathers. Stay-at-home dads are not just an American phenomenon. In both the United Kingdom and Japan stay-at-home dads are portrayed in recent novels and television programs. For more on international statistics of stay-at-home dads read The Economist.
The U.S. Census Bureau defines stay-at-home-dads as married fathers with children under 15-years-old who have stayed out of the labor force for more than one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home.
There are several different reasons fathers and families decide the father will stay home and care for children. The most common is economic, perhaps the father is unable to work or the mother earns more money. Also, many stay-at-home dads work from home; with the rise in Internet-related jobs and freelancing jobs many fathers--and mothers--have the ability to work from home rather than a traditional out-of-the-home office.
Although the stay-at-home-dad is not a new idea, the widespread frequency of them is a recent phenomenon. Hollywood tackled the subject more than 25 years ago in the 1983 comedy "Mr. Mom," starring Michael Keaton as a dad who stays home with his kids after he loses his job and his wife find success in an advertising career. More recently, Hollywood again address the subject of stay-at-home dads with the comedy "Daddy Day Care" starring Eddie Murphy. In "Daddy Day Care" two dads lose their jobs and become stay-at-home-dads; to make the best of the situation the dads decide to open their own daycare facility. For more on movies depicting stay-at-home dads, read entertainment magazines like Entertainment Weekly, Interview and Good Housekeeping magazine.
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