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Take Time for Yourself Even When Parenting is a Full-Time Job

January 31, 2018 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

golden gate bridge relax take time for yourself, dad. And you, too, mom.

Take time for yourself, dad. And you, too, mom. Here are some great tips for having “me time” and a life besides being a parent. (Photo by Michael Henry on Unsplash)

Being an active and involved parent is a full-time job even if you having a paying career outside of the home.

However, that doesn’t mean you should avoid having any “me” time or completely lose your own identity and individuality to parenting. Time for yourself is not being selfish; it’s self-care.

In the latest of our “City Dads Sessions” video series, our Los Angeles Dads Group co-organizer Trevor Mulligan asks several fathers who are full-time at-home dads for their tips and suggestions on how to not to get totally lost as an individual when raising children. Here is what they had to say:

Thanks to these dads who take time for themselves taking time out from the 2017 HomeDadCon at-home father convention in Portland this past September to share their words of wisdom.

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Filed Under: parenting advice, work-life balance Tagged With: City Dads Sessions, self-care, video

About Kevin McKeever

Kevin McKeever, editor for City Dads Group, is a freelance writer in between his duties as an at-home dad to three: boy, girl and canine. He writes the nationally award-winning "Party of One" newspaper column, tweets at @homeanduncool, and books face at Always Home and Uncool.

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