More Coming on What the Heck Dads Do All Day- June 13, 2008 I get the feeling we'll be talking more about division of labor in the household once I'm through digesting Lisa Belkin's exhaustive NYT Magazine piece on that looks at equally shared parenting (particularly as practiced by frequent commenters Marc and Amy), but while we're all digesting the magazine article, I thought I'd throw this press release snippet from the Council for Contemporary Families out there for everyone to chew on:Dads are stepping up in new ways too. Men have steadily...http://www.rebeldad.com/2008/06/more-coming-on-what-heck-dads-do-all.html Multimedia Dads- June 12, 2008 There's going to be a lot of dad news to read this week and next, but not everyone enjoys plowing through surveys and news stories and wordy blog analyses. Some people want to experience the joys of fatherhood through audio or video. Those people are in luck this week.For starters, NPR hosted a great dads roundtable in place the usual "Mocha Moms" programming yesterday. That's worth a listen.Secondly, if you're tracking the evolution of the Evolution of Dad, which is shaping up to the be-all...http://www.rebeldad.com/2008/06/multimedia-dads.html The AP's Take on At-Home Dads- June 12, 2008 These kinds of stories are going to be as common as ragweed pollen this weekend, but before I get swamped, I wanted to point to an AP story from a couple of weeks ago taking a 30,000-foot look at at-home fatherhood (and at athomedad.org's Mike Biewenga). As much as I like Mike, it's the kind of story that I'm looking forward to seeing less of as I get older. I don't think that the cold shoulder from moms is a big problem today (though it may have been in the past), and I don't think that the...http://www.rebeldad.com/2008/06/aps-take-on-at-home-dads.html Spike TV Says We All (Almost) Want to Be At-Home Dads- June 11, 2008 Survey results are largely bogus, as I've noted earlier in the week, but now you have your pick of bogus stats: do you believe careerbuilder.com's contention that 37 percent of guys would do the at-home thing or Spike TV's pumped up estimate of 73 percent:With women spending more time in the office, men are starting to pick upsome of the slack at home. Men have been surprisingly accepting of thischange. 73% of fathers would sacrifice an exciting job for more time withtheir children. 73% of...http://www.rebeldad.com/2008/06/spike-tv-says-we-all-almost-want-to-be.html The Single Best Document on Work-Life Balance for Men- June 11, 2008 I can't believe I missed this the first time around, but the folks at HellerEhrman, as part of their Opt-In Project, held an extraordinary roundtable at the beginning of last year titled "Work-Life Balance: Not Just for Women." The report from that day gives a great and concise overview of the current state of play for guys in the workplace. Well worth the read.(Again, credit goes to Working Dad, who found this and pulled out the most compelling quote: "Men are willing to talk about these...http://www.rebeldad.com/2008/06/single-best-document-on-work-life.html |