Okay, my subject line is a bit incendiary, but I find it interesting that in today's Boston Globe the only two articles I found in any way related to father's day were both about at-home dads:
1)This one from a regular columnist about her son's tenure (soon to be ending so he can return to work) as a SAHD (http://tinyurl.com/45egxd). I was put off a bit by the author referring to her son as "Mr. Mom" and telling how she sent him a card on Mother's Day last month. We're doing a job that for millennia has been done by moms, but that doesn't make us moms! And this quote: "Full time motherhood is making a different man of my son" I found annoying, too.
The point of the piece is that being a SAHD has made this woman's son a better, happier guy, which is how I would describe myself, too (well, most of the time). And by the end, she refers to him as Mr. Dad and says that it's great how hands-on he is with his daughter. So she redeems herself, but it's still a bit frustrating to see the "Mr. Mom" thing pop up so much in these types of articles. Still, I would like to rent that Micheal Keaton classic, since it's been many years since I've seen it.
2) And this one (http://tinyurl.com/44fzsf), which is a profile of three SAHDs. The reporter builds on Aaron Rochlen's study, which finds that SAHD happiness is highest when they have support from friends and family; and are confident in their parenting skills and their masculinity. There's nothing new in the short profiles of the dads, but it's always good to read about our ever-increasing numbers.
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