Do you have a story to tell about your time as a stay-at-home dad? How did you become one? I’d love to find out.

Below are some questions to get you going, however, feel free to have a rant in question 17 at the very bottom of the form. Rest assured your story won’t be published in the book, however, let me know if you’d like it to be and we can talk more in depth at a later date.

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01. Do you identify yourself as a stay-at-home dad? How do you think the term ‘stay-at-home’ dad is thought of in the wider community?

02. How did you become the primary carer?

03. A close friend of yours is considering giving up his day job in order to look after his two kids. What would you tell him?

04. Which, in your opinion, is easier: your previous day job or being a stay-at-home dad? Why?

05. What’s been the greatest reward during your time as a stay-at-home dad?

06. Do you still work? Part-time? Casual? From home? Not at all?

07. How do you handle the lesser amount of adult contact and conversation?

08. If you’re no longer working do you believe your job helped define who you were? Do you feel as though you’re the same person without it?

09. How have your friends, work-mates and extended family reacted to your new role as carer?

10. How has the swapping of your roles affected you and your partner’s relationship?

11. What changes to the household have happened since you’ve been ‘in charge’?

12. What’s been the most challenging part of being a stay-at-home dad and why?

13. How do you deal with these difficulties?

14. Have you ever sought help? From whom?

15. Have you ever felt that the change in traditional gender roles has challenged your masculinity? Or do you believe this all just makes for a more well-rounded man?

16. Tell a story, however long, about being a stay-at-home dad that will stay with you for years to come...

17. Want to tell us something else? Go for it...

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