Welcome to AtHomeDad.org, a resource and community for stay-at-home dads, fathers who are primary caregiver in their family, and other involved dads. We believe the involvement of a father in the life of his child is beneficial to the child and, ultimately, society as a whole.
We invite all involved fathers to network with us. This is the place to meet other dads from across the country and in your local area. We know what you're going through and are here to help.
I occasionally get requests for interviews from various media people. I can't handle all of these myself, so I'm looking for volunteers who would be interested in talking when these things come up. The typical request involves anything from a journalism student doing an article on dads, real reporters needing a dad-related sound bite, various tv shows, and people writing books. There are some nice benefits: You get to help present a positive image of at-home dads, it's fun to see your name in the paper or otherwise have your 15 minutes of fame, and it's usually not a big time committment.
Rebel Dad reports that the NBC's Today Show will feature some at-home dad topics on Wednesday, April 2. This will include Dr. Aaron Rochlen's research, an appearance by Rebel Dad, and a a taped piece on some of the Texas dads. Check it out.
The 2nd Annual Dadstock is quickly approaching.
When: SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2008
Where: South East Wisconsin (Between Lake Geneva and Whitewater)
It is now official we have a new location for this years Dadstock. A nice homestead in South East Wisconsin we have nicknamed "Woodchuck Acres" since the owner of the property goes by the name of "Woodchuck" online...
Since we have moved the location to a more remote location away from neighbors in the burbs we can stay out late without fear of getting people angry.
On the Agenda...
Hey guys - thanks for being here and making this site what it is. It's nice to see how things have really taken off over the past year. Happy new year!
The 2008 SAHD Fishing Trip will be held on March 15 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Most guys arrive Thursday and leave Sunday in order to enjoy the Florida weather a little more.
I am still working out the details of the charter, but our 'home' will be the Best Western Ocean View Hotel.
We will fish all day Saturday for a mixed bag of offshore fish -- mostly grouper and snapper, but also cobia and whatever pelagic fish might be running at the time.
The event is open to SAHDs from anywhere. Traveling by air, you should fly into Orlando. It's about 45 minutes to Cocoa from there.
I was recently contacted by a professor at Assumption College who is looking for at-home dads for a research project. Here's how this one is described:
"For my sabbatical year (Fall, 2007-Spring, 2008), I plan on conducting an ethnographic research project on the identity formation of stay-at-home fathers. In this research, I plan to explore how at-home fathers think about and experience being in positions that are relatively atypical for men: the primary caregiver of children and manager of household tasks. With stay-at-home fathers, I am interested in what men experience when they opt out the traditional arenas of masculine privilege in work and the public domain in general, and how they make sense of their gender identity in this relatively atypical social context for men. I see this study as a continuation of my previous research"
Read more below for information on participating:
Are you an at-home dad with a Harvard connection? Are you and/or your wife/partner a Harvard alum? Did you give up a successful career to stay at home with your kids? Does your wife/partner have a particularly prominent, successful career? A New York-based magazine would like to hear from you for an upcoming story. If you're interested, use the "contact us" link at the top of the page to let us know about your situation. We'll forward your information to the author and he will get in touch with you.
What do you do for fun when you're relieved of your primary caregiver duties?
I'm my spare time, I do this:
This is a followup to the Stay-At-Home Father survey posted previoulsly mentioned here (http://www.athomedad.org/node/233). The researcher, Aaron Rochlen, writes:
Dear SAHF research participants,
Thanks again for participating in the research on SAHFs. We will be presenting the results of this project at the American Psychological Association Conference in San Francisco (August, 2007) and preparing the data for publication in an academic men’s journal (likely Psychology of Men and Masculinity).
Below is my best effort to summarize the results.
The February 22, 2007 3:30 pm (ET) episode of TLC's "Bringing Home Baby" show will feature a stay-at-home dad.
This is a followup to the Stay-At-Home Father survey posted previoulsly mentioned here (http://www.athomedad.org/node/233). The researcher, Aaron Rochlen, writes:
Hi - I appreciated you posting about the survey. Below is a detailed explanation of the project for those interested. I don't have results quite yet (will be a few months likely), but based on reading the posts it seemed like a few people misunderstood the goals of the project. And below provides a lot of detail on what the study was and was not!!!
More from Hogan Hilling...this is an update to the previous post on this topic (http://www.athomedad.org/node/235)
Authentic Entertainment (http://www.authentictv.com/) has agreed to move forward with the production of an At-Home Dad Documentary. However, please be aware that Authentic could pull the plug at anytime during the production. The bright side is that The Learning Channel (TLC) has a time slot they are looking to fill in September which increases the chances for the completion of this project.
For those at-home dads interested in participating read on.
I recently received this request from Hogan Hilling. For those who don't know Hogan, he is a well-respected veteran at-home dad. He's written books (http://www.athomedad.org/node/33) about his experiences and has been a long-time supporter of at-home dads. In short, he's a great guy and I have every reason to expect that this project will be a good one. So, please read more below and help out if you can:
I recently received this request....please help if you can:
"My name is Dr. Aaron Rochlen and I am a Dad and an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Texas who specializes in research on men and masculinity. My research team is working on a study of Stay-at-Home Fathers. In particular, we are studying how men adjust to this new role and how it impacts their lives and relationships.