Stay-At-Home Dads: An Essential Guide to Creating a Balanced Family Life

by Libby Gill

Over two and a half million men in the U.S. are full-time stay-at- home dads, and it's a number on the rise. In this groundbreaking book, media executive and working mother Libby Gill provides a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452282748
• ISBN13: 9780452282742
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Bullseye

I found this to be a wonderful book for both stay at home dads and also their wives. I have been staying home with my three children for five years now while my wife has been pursuing her career. As I read this book I found myself marking pages for my wife to read. Libby Gill was able to identify and clarify so many of the unique issues my wife and I have lived. It gave us both a better understanding of each other, and as a result our communication and support for each other has improved ten fold. There are so many unspoken challenges any family with a stay at home parent will experience. This book looks at these challenges and presents effective ways to look at them, and deal with them. I believe that whether you are a man or a woman, if you are at home with the kids now or simply thinking about your choices, you should read this book.

Dads can be Good Moms too!

There is a long-standing misconception that women are much better suited to raising children than men. There is also a long-standing belief that if only one parent is going work then it has to be the man. Baloney! As Ms. Gill points out in her wonderful new book, men are more than capable of assuming the primary care-giver role. "Stay-At-Home-Dads" is a fascinating look into the lives of these families and the challenges that they face. It is expertly researched and has a wealth of information for those of us who want to play a bigger role in our children's lives, but haven't had the courage to do so.

Right on Target

I have read Libby Gill's guide for Stay_At-Home-Dads, and I think she hits the nail right on the head. I am a stay at home dad, and in addition to taking care of two very active toddlers, my wife and I are renovating a seventy-seven year old farmhouse in Atlanta. I think Libby Gill's case studies are very sensible and her whole approach to a somewhat sensitive issue is genuine and humane. I loved the book.--Rod

Here's to creating more children-centered lifestyles!

Libby Gill's book "Stay-at-Home Dads" is a refreshing insightful look into the concept of the family. With so many families struggling with a two-career existence and starting a family, it's reassuring to know that there are many different solutions. It's wonderful to know that there are already so many families who put their children's welfare first. Libby Gill provides a guide to others considering how to maintain a healthly work-family balance and how to make your lifesytle child-centered.

Insightful & Inspiring Look Into the At-Home Dad Lifestyle

Libby Gill did a superb job writing a book on a parenting topic that has been misunderstood for quite some time -Stay-At-Home Dads. In her book "Stay-At-Home Dads: The Essential Guide To Creating The New Family," Gill provides an honest and in-depth look at the stay-at-home dad lifestyle. She presents the practical reasons behind the choice these dads and their spouses made, the issues and daily challenges they faced together, how they resolved them, and how they managed to make the stay-at-home dad lifestyle work for their families. What is most impressive about Gill's book is that she does not impose a self-prescribed one-size-fits-all philosophy to parenting. That's because much of the information Gill provides comes from the interviews she conducted with the stay-at-home dads and their spouses. She eloquently addresses both sides of the coin in a well-balanced format. One that presents a TEAM (Together Everybody Achieves More) approach in which parenting is viewed and treated as an equal partnership. Gill's book, however, is about more than just the stay-at-home dad lifestyle. It is about the love, commitment, and passion that drives these parents to put the needs of their children first. In today`s world "putting children first" is easier said than done. But Gill, along with the parents, in this book, demonstrate how any parenting couple can make the stay-at-home lifestyle a successful and rewarding endeavor. Gills book is not just a book for parents who want to consider the stay-at-home dad lifestyle to read. It is a book every parent should read. How invigorating it was to finally read a book that offers an insight into parenting that any parent can relate to and benefit from. Hogan Hilling, Proud Stay-at-home dad