If you met a man who was a stay at home dad of school age children what would you think of him?.?

He has talked it over with his wife and decided what was best for their family. I dont feel bad for him, just like i wouldnt feel bad for a stay at home mother. He’s an adult who chooses not to let someone else rear his children.

the bible says the man is to work but it doesnt always work out like that but as long as he is taking care of them…he is still doing his job..

He either has no job or his wife makes a heck of a lot of money. Men don’t enjoy the hen house thing. The other possibility is he is gay and his partner works. Also he could be a widow but then he would have to work.
He might be a musician and they work at night. So he watches the kids. Maybe a lot of Night shifters might do this.

I would feel that he’s not too proud and he wants to take care of his children and be there for them. If I was his wife I’d be proud and if I was a mother in that group I would welcome him with open arms. There are so many men out there who wouldn’t do that because of their own ego. Kudos to him!!

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.

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!)

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

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?

I think it’s great. It probably is lonely, though.

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.

It takes a REAL man to stay home with his children.
My husband did it until our son started Kindergarten.
He’s still a great Daddy, and my son and him are very close.

i think it is wonderful. there is nothing wrong with the roles being reversed. would you feel sorry for him at 2AM feedings? obviously it works for his family…so i say good for them!!!