Becoming a SAHD and Facing the Resume Gap: tough decisions ahead | Stay at Home Dad Blog. I recently was contacted by one of my readers asking for some advise and insight on the decision to become a stay at home dad and re-entering the workforce after years of full-time parenting. These concerns cross both stay at home dads and stay at home moms alike. The dreaded “resume gap” can instantly send your resume to the circular file. There really are no right or wrong answers to his questions, nor are there any easy solutions to the resume gap. However, there are some things you can do to help. Below is the email from my reader and my response. Hi Chuck, thanks for the time you spend on the blog. Hi Jonathan,Thanks so much for reading my blog! I suppose answering your question on filling the “resume gap” depends on your current career. Right now my son is 6, and in Kindergarten. For now, we are enjoying the freedom we have on weekends for family time, since I get all of the errands, chores, etc. done during the week.
I hope this offers some insight into your concerns. Fathers, Work and Family | A blog dedicated to helping fathers better balance work and family demands and to encouraging more supportive workplaces. By Scott Behson. 30 Blogs for Stay-at-Home Dads. Stay home dads, Pioneers of the New Modern Family. How To 'Thrive': Short Commutes, More Happy Hours. Dan Buettner spent years seeking out the happiest populations in the world to try to figure out what characteristics they shared. Tightly knit networks of family and friends were key, he found.
In Mexico, for example, Buettner found a "family first" mentality that applied to both immediate and extended family helped Mexicans cope in otherwise stressful circumstances. iStockphoto.com hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto.com iStockphoto.com Many people believe that happiness comes from money or youth or beauty, but Dan Buettner would respectfully disagree. During a five-year study, the National Geographic fellow located the world's happiest places — in Denmark, Singapore, Mexico and California — and researched the characteristics those areas shared that improved the lives of residents. He found six basic domains that govern happiness: community, workplace, social life, financial life, home and self. Interview Highlights On Denmark, where people are happy, even with a 70 percent tax rate. Dads Are Taking Over as Full-Time Parents. So he huddled with his wife, a public interest lawyer. They took a hard look at their relative career satisfaction, discussed their desire to have one parent stay home instead of relying on day care, and decided that it made sense for the family to flip the ’50s sitcom vision of the American family and have Mr.
Griffioen, now 35, leave the work force and join the nation’s swelling ranks of at-home dads. Six years later, he considers himself less a Mr. Mom than a new archetype of the father as provider. “I sort of take things upon myself,” said Mr. Griffioen, whose family has added a son and moved to Detroit. “I don’t go to the store to buy my kids toys. Until recently, stay-at-home fathers made up a tiny sliver of the American family spectrum. In the last decade, though, the number of men who have left the work force entirely to raise children has more than doubled, to 176,000, according to recent United States census data. ‘I’m the New Normal’ “That’s the evolution,” said Mr. Ms. Mr Mom | The Daddy Doctrines. National At-Home Dad Network - Connecting Stay-At-Home Dads locally and nationally, to offer Advocacy, Community, Education & Support. Colorado.Domestic Engineering | Recipes, Product Reviews and Gitten-R-Done!