Straight
from the readers of the At-Home Dad Newsletter, author Peter
Baylies puts together a guide for other stay-at-home dads, this handbook
addresses the particular parenting issues men face when they become the primary
caregivers. This "man-friendly" resource offers practical solutions to
such challenges as living well on one income, understanding the wife's
breadwinner status, cleaning the house without feeling overwhelmed, and
networking in a female-oriented community. Creative anecdotes offer supportive
and effective advice to help stay-at-home dads successfully deal with the
psychological issues, as well as the everyday details, that make this parenting
situation different. This advice-oriented guide also offers a special section of
newsletters, online chat groups, playgroups around the country, and stay-at-home
dad organizations.Peter Baylies has been a stay-at-home dad for his two sons
for over 10 years. He writes the At-Home Dad Newsletter and he is the
founder of The At-Home Dad Network, a stay-at-home dad online community. His
work has been featured or mentioned in the Boston Globe, the Christian
Science Monitor, Men's Health, O, The Oprah Magazine, Parents, USA Today,
and Woman's Day. Jessica Toonkel is the managing editor for Fund Marketing
Alert/Fund Action. She has been a reporter and editor covering international
business and finance for publications such as American Banker, American
Lawyer, and Financial Net Alert
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Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
xi |
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Starting Your New Career |
1 |
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Making the Decision |
2 |
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The First Days |
6 |
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Losing Your Status as Breadwinner |
8 |
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Mr. Mom |
10 |
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Isolation Creeps In |
12 |
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Finding Other Dads |
14 |
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Establishing a Routine |
15 |
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And Then There Were Two |
18 |
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Spotlight on Dad |
19 |
2 |
At-Home Dads and Marriage: When the
Rush Hour Starts at Home |
23 |
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Hell Hour |
24 |
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Creating a Game Plan |
25 |
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At-Home Dad Contract |
27 |
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Family Meetings |
29 |
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Simplifying Dinnertime |
29 |
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Bedtime Routine |
30 |
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A Message for the Moms |
32 |
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Loss of Intimacy |
37 |
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Jealous at Home Versus Guilty at
Work |
39 |
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Discipline |
44 |
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Spotlight on Dad |
47 |
3 |
Men Who Clean Bathrooms and the
Women Who Love Them |
51 |
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Living Up to a Higher Standard of
Cleaning |
53 |
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The Wife's Point of View |
55 |
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Resolving Your Differences |
56 |
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Getting the Kids to Help |
57 |
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Childproofing |
59 |
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Setting a Schedule |
60 |
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Cleaning Tips from Other Dads |
61 |
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Spotlight on Dad |
64 |
4 |
Making New Connections |
67 |
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Playgroups |
67 |
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Starting Your Own Playgroup |
69 |
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The First Meetings |
71 |
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Dads' Night Out |
73 |
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Hanging Out with the Moms |
74 |
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Play Dates |
77 |
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Connecting with the Internet |
79 |
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Other Suggestions to Help You
Connect |
82 |
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Spotlight on Dad |
83 |
5 |
Living on One Income |
87 |
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Changing Your State of Mind and
Adjusting Your Lifestyle |
90 |
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Adding on to the Savings at Home |
91 |
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Kid Fun: Free Activities That Will
Save You Money--and Not Skimp on the Fun |
93 |
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Shopping at Yard Sales and on eBay |
97 |
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Sweat Equity: Doing Your Own Home
Repairs |
99 |
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Shopping for Bargains |
102 |
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Spotlight on Dad |
104 |
6 |
Working at Home: A Juggling Act |
109 |
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Weighing the Pros and Cons |
110 |
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Choosing the Right Job |
111 |
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Setting Reasonable Expectations |
116 |
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Daycare Dads |
117 |
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Getting to Work |
120 |
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Spotlight on Dad |
126 |
7 |
Avoiding At-Home Dad Burnout |
141 |
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Watching for the Signs |
142 |
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Getting Out |
144 |
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Taking the Kids |
146 |
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Avoiding Burnout at Home |
148 |
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Take It in Stride |
149 |
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Spotlight on Dad |
154 |
8 |
Is There Life After Kindergarten? |
157 |
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What Should You Do Now? |
159 |
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When You Stay at Home |
162 |
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Returning to Work |
166 |
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Spotlight on Dad |
168 |
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From the Frontlines of Fatherhood:
More Dads in the Spotlight |
173 |
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Resources |
199 |
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Index |
211 |
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Below is a list of names of the dads nearly all of these dads were are either quoted, had their submitted story
printed to the At-Home Dad Newsletter, were
profiled, or were listed as a resource
in the book.
Abraham, Mark - Minn Dads at Home
Basett, Brian - Cartoonist "Adam"
Axel Richard - Author (A Fathers Love a Daughter's Power)
Becker Mike
Bigman Mike - Home Business Story
Bokun Scott - Story
Boylan David
Brabeck Barbara - Author Business Books
Bradshaw Gerry - Home Business Story
Brott Armin - Author: The New Father and others
Bulley, David - Story
Chapa Jim
Chapman, Danial
Chortle Walt - Business Story
Cleary Jack - Business Story
Cooper Curtis - Interviewed - Story (DAD-to-DAD)
Culbertson, Jerry
DADS-AT-HOME Message Board
DadsList
DC Metro Dads
DeGolia Ray
DiCenzo Jim
Dilley, Keith (Interview - Author: Special Delivery - Father of
Sextuplets)
DeGolia, Ray
Doetsch Andy
Dolan, William - Story
Dunsmore Dan - Story
Droback Bruce
Epstein David - 2 Stories
Stafford, Chris - Full-Time Dad
Griffin-Nolen - Story
Hilling Hogan - Author: The Man who would be Dad
Grimes Chris
Hoh Peter - Minn Dads at-Home
Hahn, Scott
Horn Peter
House Stephen - Home Business Story
Hunsinger, Michael
Isis Phil - Home Business Story
Josephson Marty
Klem, Steve
Landrum Todd
Laut, WIlliam Resource List -Author: Raising Multiple Birth Chikdren
Leckenby Charlie - Story
LeScala Roland
Levine, James - Resource List - Author Working Fathers
Levy Hal - Home Business Story
Louv Richard (Author Fatherlove)
Mains, Jim
Margolis Art
Maxon, Dave
Jay Massey
Jim Marzano
Minnesota Dads At Home
Montano, Chris - Story
Oberle, Joseph - Resource List Author Diary of a Mad HouseHusband
O'Brien, John - Story
Ochsner, Karl
Osherson, Samual - Resource List Author The Passions of Fatherhood
Poole, Keith
Pruett, Kyle -- Resource List - Author of Fatherneed
Rebel Dad - referenced (Brien Reid)
Schaefer, Mark David - Story
Siler, Peter
Slevens, John - Home Business Story
Chris Stafford - (Full-Time Dads Founder)
Spencer Casey - (DAD-to-DAD LA)
Steinberg Caroline
Steinberg, Peter
Stillwell, Mike
Wise, John - Story and quoted
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