Number of at-home dads doubles

[lovuian]

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Number of at-home dads doubles

STEPHEN STEWART January 24 2005





TRADITIONAL roles have been reversed as unprecedented numbers of women choose to become the main breadwinner and thousands of men stay at home, researchers claim.
They have revealed that the number of house husbands in Scotland has doubled since the turn of the millennium, to more than 20,000.
The news comes as separate figures from the GMB trade union show that women workers now outnumber men in half of Britain's local authorities

[mark414]

1. in the words of Our Great Leader

bring em on

[atommom]

2. Edited out because this apparently posted in the wrong thread

And thus my rantings about Braveheart aren't going to make much sense to anybody! :shrug:

[serryjw]

3. My brother adopted a son at 49

and has no wife. he always wanted children. He was retired at spends all his time with my nephew whom is now 9

[PassingFair]

4. I wish the American press was as forthcoming with these statistics

as your Scottish press seems to be. I know of MANY husbands staying home and working part-time while the wife works full time. Mine is one of them. Not particularly because I want to, but because I found full time employment first. And we are not alone. Many women where I work are in the same situation.
I would LOVE to see stats on this in the U.S.

[lovuian]

5. I think Passing fair you are becoming the majority

I'm glad the dads are helping but it does bother me that they aren't working like they use too!!! Its the changing economy!!!