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How to handle judgment as a stay-at-home father

I want to stay home with our newborn but my wife makes more money and now everyone keeps asking when I am going back to work like being a dad at home is temporary.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social expectations around masculine identity conflict with personal values about caregiving and family presence.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gender and parenting — who does what and why?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.