Why Do Men Stay At Home Dads

If there is a group of men who are rolling strollers in a park, are we going to stare at them if they are a group of women? For the reason that nurturing a child has always been consider the duty of the mother in previous centuries, the idea of men being full-time caregivers is still new to this society. With the shifting of gender role away from the gender norm, the society are slowly recognizing their contribution, but this change is still unacceptable in some cultures. Regard the society’s belief, more and more men are willing to stay home as househusbands. The population of househusband has doubled in the last ten years, approximately 7 million, which equals to 32 percent of married father, according to Athomedad.org. These men call themselves Stay-At-Home Dads, the word SAHD means “father who is the daily, primary caregiver of his children under age 15. In addition, being a SAHD is not always an option or choice, for some families, but because of lacking money and health issues. Becoming a primary caretaker is not an easy job for anybody including SAHDs, it is surely not a job that dad can quits whenever he want, but it is more like an adventure where a dad must face …show more content…
Witnessing the magical moments of the child’s first smile, first word, first step, and so on; learning to love small moments with the kids; having time to create the special bond between fathers and children; becoming the go-to parents whenever they need to be comforted. Stay-at-home husbands have the opportunity to see all these amazing things that they would otherwise miss if they sent children to daycare. Moreover, being a SAHD is a once in a life time opportunity, not only that, dads will gain even more power than they were as primary breadwinners, as Sacks mentions, because being a SAHD gives fathers a chance to teach their children the way they desire, and reinforce it every