I've been a stay at home dad for many years now. I have two children: an 11 year-old girl, and a 5 year-old boy-- both with very different personalities. For the most part, I enjoy my stay-at-home status. I'm good at what I do; and I think my kids enjoy having someone around the house instead of attending daycare. I've encountered a mix of attitudes about being a stay at home dad, but I'd say that the most common is a mixture of curiosity, positive support, and respect. I've found that it doesn't take too long into some serious parenting/domestic talk before one of those traditional mom types comes around enough to realize that you're essentially operating on the same page.

At any rate, the back-to-school season is coming up quick so I figured it might be a good idea to kind of re-focus, re-energize, etc. It's always a bit jarring to make the transition from day-long parenting into the whole seeing them off at 7:30/getting them back at 3:00 situation. So I'm hoping to sharpen up a bit and see what sort of discussions and ideas are floating around here, and find out what's helpful to me.