Comments on: About http://stayathomedan.wordpress.com journal of a stay at home dad Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:36:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Erik http://stayathomedan.wordpress.com/about/#comment-123 Erik Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:11:57 +0000 #comment-123 I'm a doctor in Chicago and burned out. We have two kids. My wife works part time as a pastor. Im looking into becoming a full time dad with all the bennies. I can get my wife to work full time with health benefits or she can work part time at Starbucks in order to get health benefits. I’m a doctor in Chicago and burned out. We have two kids. My wife works part time as a pastor. Im looking into becoming a full time dad with all the bennies. I can get my wife to work full time with health benefits or she can work part time at Starbucks in order to get health benefits.

]]> By: Roberto http://stayathomedan.wordpress.com/about/#comment-111 Roberto Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:29:38 +0000 #comment-111 Dan, I too saw the piece in the Journal, and though I'm a "work-at-home" dad, not a "stay-at-home" dad (it's a full-time job to figure out all the terminology ... play dates vs play groups/stay-at-home vs work-at-home!), I can tell you that you're going to have a great time, your friends and former colleagues will be jealous, and best of all, your son will have a fantastic early childhood. For about a year and a half I have been chronicling the adventures of my son Taiyo (coming up to three years old this summer) in comics at http://taiyocomic.blogspot.com/. You may enjoy it - I do, and I know my son will when he gets older. Roberto Dan,

I too saw the piece in the Journal, and though I’m a “work-at-home” dad, not a “stay-at-home” dad (it’s a full-time job to figure out all the terminology … play dates vs play groups/stay-at-home vs work-at-home!), I can tell you that you’re going to have a great time, your friends and former colleagues will be jealous, and best of all, your son will have a fantastic early childhood.

For about a year and a half I have been chronicling the adventures of my son Taiyo (coming up to three years old this summer) in comics at http://taiyocomic.blogspot.com/. You may enjoy it – I do, and I know my son will when he gets older.

Roberto

]]> By: Adam http://stayathomedan.wordpress.com/about/#comment-109 Adam Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:55:57 +0000 #comment-109 Dan, I really loved the piece in the Journal today and was inspiried by your bold decision. My wife and I live crazy lives with two full time jobs and 3 young children but we always feel that we can't afford to (and neither of us wants to) give up one of the careers. I look forward to following your blog. Dan,
I really loved the piece in the Journal today and was inspiried by your bold decision. My wife and I live crazy lives with two full time jobs and 3 young children but we always feel that we can’t afford to (and neither of us wants to) give up one of the careers. I look forward to following your blog.

]]> By: Debbie Wang http://stayathomedan.wordpress.com/about/#comment-106 Debbie Wang Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:55:54 +0000 #comment-106 I loved the piece in the WSJ today and had to send it to my husband, who is also an at-home dad blogging about it. Though David didn't actually choose this path, it was the only one that made economic sense for us since my finance career pays way more than a tenure-track job in the humanities (and that's assuming David could have landed one of those), and we both feel lucky that our son gets to spend so much time with a parent as primary caregiver. I'm very hopeful that as more dads make the choice to exit the rat race for a while, it will become a generally-accepted option. At the very least, lots of little kids will benefit from having this time with their dads (and likewise, dads will benefit from that experience as a primary caregiver). Here's are a couple posts on the blog that my husband contributes to. Jeremy Smith, the blog "owner," is really up on policy issues and research related to at-home dads. David, who writes as "chicago pop," spends most of his posts on little vignettes that lead to some insight or new reflection. It's sort of like "This American Life" meets fatherhood on the web, if that makes any sense. http://daddy-dialectic.blogspot.com/2007/09/nude-on-staircase.html http://daddy-dialectic.blogspot.com/2008/01/going-in-reverse_03.html Enjoy your new life, and I look forward to reading about it on your blog. Debbie I loved the piece in the WSJ today and had to send it to my husband, who is also an at-home dad blogging about it. Though David didn’t actually choose this path, it was the only one that made economic sense for us since my finance career pays way more than a tenure-track job in the humanities (and that’s assuming David could have landed one of those), and we both feel lucky that our son gets to spend so much time with a parent as primary caregiver.

I’m very hopeful that as more dads make the choice to exit the rat race for a while, it will become a generally-accepted option. At the very least, lots of little kids will benefit from having this time with their dads (and likewise, dads will benefit from that experience as a primary caregiver).

Here’s are a couple posts on the blog that my husband contributes to. Jeremy Smith, the blog “owner,” is really up on policy issues and research related to at-home dads. David, who writes as “chicago pop,” spends most of his posts on little vignettes that lead to some insight or new reflection. It’s sort of like “This American Life” meets fatherhood on the web, if that makes any sense. http://daddy-dialectic.blogspot.com/2007/09/nude-on-staircase.html
http://daddy-dialectic.blogspot.com/2008/01/going-in-reverse_03.html

Enjoy your new life, and I look forward to reading about it on your blog.

Debbie

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