Whats behind the rise of stay at home dads

The number is even higher for dads who say the main reason they're staying home is to take care of their family.More and more men are choosing to be stay at home dads, to be the main caregiver to their children.In 2016, 7 percent were, compared with 4 percent in 1989, the first year for which reliable data are available.Dads who are at home caring for their kids are becoming more common in the united states:Over the last 50 years, dads as a group became much more active parents.In canada in 2011, 12 per cent of fathers stayed home with children while mothers earned money, up from just 1 per cent in 1976, according to statistics canada.

Women are on the rise and rightly so.Men are also doing more chores.They are pursuing careers that, at one point 'could only be for men'.