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Opinion: Dads Can Stay Home With the Kids, Too

by Brett Singer, Posted Apr 29th 2010 12:00PM

Working mothers shouldn't be the only ones making sacrifices. Credit: Getty Images
Discussions of successful women always seem to include the notion of being forced to make a choice: time with the kids, or career advancement. Parents should ...
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More Moms Becoming the Family Breadwinner

by Amy Hatch, Posted Jan 25th 2010 6:00PM

For the first time ever, women really are bringing home more bacon than men -- and their husbands may be the ones frying it up in a pan. A report from the Pew Research Center released last week shows that marriage has undergone significant changes ...
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Dads want to stay home too

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 13th 2008 4:06PM

It comes as no surprise to me -- I said essentially the same thing a year ago -- that dads want to stay home with the kids. According to a survey conducted by CareerBuilder.com, thirty-seven percent of working dads said they would quit working to be ...
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Mr. Mom gets no respect

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 15th 2007 11:16AM

In the United Kingdom, more than 200,000 fathers have made the choice to give up their careers in order to stay home with their kids, an 83 percent increase in the number of "househusbands" since 1993. Personally, I applaud this trend of fathers ...
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My daughter is bored of me

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 14th 2007 10:01AM

Up until a few months ago, I was the fun parent. I only saw my daughter on the weekends, so I always had some fun activity planned, which more or less allowed her to run wild and have a good time. Awesome! Then I started working at home, which meant ...
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Parent vs. Parent: Being a working parent sucks

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted May 7th 2007 10:00AM

I work from home on Thursdays, so I can take Jared to school and pick him up when it's over. Last Thursday, a couple of the moms waiting to pick up their kids told me that a few families were going camping and asked if we wanted to go. Naturally, I ...
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It's trendy to be a stay-at-home dad

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Apr 9th 2007 5:02PM

Stay-at-home fathers are trendy, apparently. That's the story according to a recent article on fathers as primary caregivers. While the piece unfortunately utilizes the tired and outdated "Mr Mom" cliche, it does a good job presenting the growing ...
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At-Home Dad Convention loses sponsor: got ideas?

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 30th 2006 6:45PM

Last year, the At-Home Dads Convention got a lot of play in the blogosphere. But this year, the existence of the convention is threatened as its major sponsor, Oakton, has pulled out. Brian Reid has set up a brainstorming space over at rebeldad to ...
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Wall Street Journal: Home Office workers get no respect

by J.D. Griffioen, Posted Dec 22nd 2005 8:00PM

The Wall Street Journal recently printed an article that dispels the myth among all of us high-rise cubicle dwellers that those who work from home have it easy. According to the article: Home office workers' workdays are filled with constant ...
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