Stay-at-home dad

beach town, but I still have yet to completely recover. Times weren’t at the greatest. It happened right around my parent’s brutal and long divorce and it had only been a year since my dad moved into his two bedroom “beach shack”. He was finally settling in and was so accomplished with how far he came. My dad was once again feeling satisfied with his life, but in a matter of weeks this was all quickly shattered. Supermarkets quickly ran out of food, water, and supplies, and it was nearly…

Buzzing of sales, discounts, and shoes always make her giddy with excitement. She left around five that chilly morning with a friend to go shopping for Christmas, and deciding not to go this year my sisters and I slept. My dad drives a semi, but that day he decided to stay at home a little longer to help my oldest sister, Kayleigh, bottle feed the hungry baby calves.…

When the opportunity arose to write a paper for my lifespan psychology class, I knew that my dad would love to share his thoughts, views, and wisdom with me. He enlightened me with information ranging from his childhood to his hopes for the future. When I completed my interview process, I realized thoroughly how a human’s life experiences relate to the theories and ideas of psychology. At a young age my dad experienced two crucial losses that shaped into who is today and instilled many…

to have ever occurred in my life. The way I live my life today is because of this particular event. I was home with my mom, and it was just one of those days where nothing was actually wrong, but it still was a bad day. I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast because I did not want my mom to make me breakfast. She was very sick, and I always felt bad making her get out of bed to help me. My dad had told me, before my sister and him left, that I was the man of the house while he was gone, which…

I remember for the most part it was just me and my dad. My mom was not able to find a job in the US with her degree from India so she decided to go to school again. She studied at a university about 5 hours away from where we lived and so my dad and I lived in an apartment while my mom would travel every weekend or so to visit us. She somehow made it work. She was able to balance school and her education every week. She could have stayed at home and gave up because it was too hard but she…

being judged as fathers now in a way that they have never been before” says Dorment. Just as women are historically new to the workplace, men are new to carpool and negotiating these fresh expectations. Not only do working fathers from dual-income homes spend just as much time at work as their fathers and grandfathers did (all while putting in many, many more hours with kids and chores), they also spend more time at work than non-fathers. Seven hours more a week, according to Pew, a trend that…

Hard Is your life hard? There’s no way it can be as hard as Andrew and his dad’s problems. In the story, “Fly Away Home” by Eve Bunting, life is hard. Andrew and his dad go through many problems as they live through the rough life of the airport. At the beginning of the story, life is hard because Andrew and his dad have to live in an airport. It specifically says, “My dad and I live in an airport”. Living in an airport can make your life stressing and hard. Also, they have to try not to…

fanning I helped in the kitchen or sunk by the lake to hang out. I had a really hard time when my mom was sold away and A year later so was one of my sisters now it's my Dad my Aunt and sister. Shortly after my aunt Harriet left in 1849. My dad decided to escape slavery when my aunt Harriet Tubman came back to take use to freedom my Dad, Sister and me escaped.We had bad feelings that we would be caught but with my Aunt Harriet we know we would make it to Canada. We stayed in a lot of safe house…

Women in America can get up to one year of paid paternity leave after having a baby. Recent studies show that only fourteen percent of U.S. employers offer paid leave for dads. Even though the dad is not the one having the child, they need time off work to help the mother with their child. The father should get time off to bond with his newborn child. They should also get time off to improve the communication between them and the mother of the child. Men should get paternity leave along with…

both young and under the care of their parents. My mom told me that when she found out she was pregnant, her feelings weren’t nervous or scared, but instead happy and excited. Dad told me that everyone was pleased with the fact that they were going to have a baby. My parents also explained the reactions of my grandparents. Dad said that my grandma was excited to have her first grandchild. He said that he expected a much angrier reaction the the one he received. They both didn’t expect their…