When people think about a parent staying home to raise children in lieu of building a career, they may tend to think about the mother; but what about ? According to , the number of fathers choosing to stay home to care for their kids is on the rise.
About a quarter of these stay-at-home fathers report they are home mostly because they can't find jobs, but nearly as many say their main reason is to care for their homes or families, a fourfold increase from 1989. However, stay-at-home dads may still be stigmatized. Some dads have found support in groups like the .
Here to talk about the growing number of stay-at-home dads and the way they are viewed by society are Professor of Social Work at the , Dr. Gary Dick; Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at , Director of the Ohio State University and Chair of the Ohio Executive Committee of the , Dr. Donald Hubin; and Professor in the at The Ohio State University, Dr. Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan.