Roll over, Mickey Mouse, and tell Donald Duck the news -- at-home fathers will be taking over your town this September. Orlando, Fla., will host The National At-Home Dad Network's 2018 convention Sept. 13 to 15. HomeDadCon 2018, as the conference for at-home fathers is dubbed, will be the nonprofit organization's 23rd such annual event. Registration and details for the conference have not yet been released, but the organization has started taking hotel reservations at the event's venue. HomeDadCon brings fathers who are their family's primary caregiver together for professional … [Read more...]
At-Home Dad Wonders: Have My Kids Outgrown My Help?
Every year I leave town for a few days to attend a conference. In addition to my wife’s usual role “making the dough,” during these three or four days she also takes on my role: “running-the-shit-show.” While at my conference I always learn a few things, but, it never fails, I learn just as much at home once I return from my trip. For example, upon returning, my wife told me all the things my kids did for themselves without any help from her. Most of these were out of necessity as she was trying to get herself ready for work, but nonetheless my kids did them without parental assistance … [Read more...]
Paternity Leave a Vacation From Work? Not If You Do It Right.
Step 1 - Take time off of work. Step 2 - Be with your family. What could be more relaxing than that? In total, I have enjoyed six months of paternity leave over the course of three years. I guess I am one of the lucky few, at the vanguard of the new work-life balance trends. And I am truly grateful. That time with my family was amazing and I don’t regret a single second of it. That said, it wasn’t nearly as easy as I thought, and definitely wasn’t relaxing. Most of the time it felt like I just swapped one job for another, and it wasn’t always an upgrade. I also made a lot of … [Read more...]
10 Reasons At-Home Fathers, Other Dads Should Attend HomeDadCon
In a few weeks, at-home dads from across the country will converge on downtown Portland, Ore., for a weekend of enlightenment. The 22nd Annual At-Home Dads Convention, aka HomeDadCon 2017, will take place on Sept. 14 to 16. Men who take on the lion's share of care for their children will meet to learn, share and grow by day, and eat, drink and be merry by night. If you're just finding out about it now, or have been on the fence about attending, here are a 10 reasons why I think you should sign up. 1. HomeDadCon is not just for stay-at-home dads. While you're bound to meet a lot of guys … [Read more...]
At-Home Dad Struggles with Becoming ‘Just Another Working Parent’
Editor's note: This guest column is being run anonymously to be sensitive to the author's internal debates with himself and verbal ones with his partner over his difficulty returning to the workforce after years as an at-home father. I’ve been teaching my daughter recently about the concept of something being bittersweet -- of the same thing being simultaneously happy and sad. That’s because, right now, I’m going through a bittersweet experience. After years of being an at-home father to my daughter, I’ve returned to work full-time, and I am both delighted and despondent about … [Read more...]
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