When people ask me why I am a stay-at-home dad, I’ve usually been pretty busy. One time I was wiping dried formula off my shirt. Another time I was chasing a potty-training toddler into the ...

Talk about language shaping reality. Back then, we grew up in middle-class suburbia with stay-at-home mothers and working fathers. For our parents' generation, those "School Days" choices made ...

where I was to become what most of the world refers to as a stay-at-home dad. Would I have taken on the role of primary caretaker so readily if there hadn’t been that huge adventure to go along ...

As a stay-at-home dad married to a working mom, I often have a front row seat at the unfortunately titled “Mommy Wars.” Strangely, I feel like a secret agent that identifies with both sides ...

The number of stay-at-home dads in the US has nearly doubled over the past 30 years. While being a stay-at-home dad is still not widespread, gender norms are shifting. It could be an alternative ...

A new study from the Pew Research Center finds that almost 2 million fathers are at home, up from 1.1 million in 1989. Nearly half of those men live in poverty. "The largest share of stay-at-home ...

"It's unconventional, but it's right for our family and that's all that matters," stay-at-home dad Brian Dykes said. He's a former lighting director whose job now is to take care of his two ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Harrington, a stay-at-home dad from Lewisville, Texas. It's been edited for length and clarity. I met my wife, Heather, through mutual ...

Among all fathers who live with at least one of their children, stay-at-home fathers are less well-off financially than their working counterparts. About half (47%) of fathers at home are living in ...