Stay-At-Home-Dads: Career Suicide?

Karen Murphy — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:38:00 GMT

Hey dads, want to be branded as "unmanly" in the workplace? It's easy! Just become a stay-at-home dad and suddenly your manhood will come into question, no problem. How about that? Not only that, but, uh, you don't exactly like your job, do you? Well, great, because by becoming a SAHD you can call into question your commitment to your career, and be considered by your higher-ups as a person "not having the kind of drive or seriousness of purpose that they would want in leadership positions". Yay you!

Yep, simply by spending some fleeting quality-time moments at home with your children instead of off whacking wooly mammoths over the head with huge clubs, you can later earn yourself a trip into a work vacuum. When you do go back to work, you can count on zero support or understanding, because it's very likely no one will understand your choice to actually spend time with your kids. After all, we're still struggling as a society with moms staying home, but dads? Come on!

SAHDs, speak up! What's your experience been like? Is it as bad as all that? Or worse?

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Stay-At-Home-Dads: Career Suicide?