Stay At Home Dad--------------What Are Your Feelings?

Thank you for the compliment. He is a very loving and caring dad. He thinks about what is best for the kids above and beyond everything else.

Thank you so much. I think it is but of course he is my son.

No his job is to take care of the kids like take them to school make sure they have transportation to places or to there activity's and buy food for them. He's like a stay at home mom but he's male.

silver1beans, You are partly right. A home school parent is one that teaches the children at home instead of them going to school. He does all the things that a mom would do but he is Mr. Mom and does an amazing job of it. I am very proud of him.

My son loves homeschooling. We have talked about it and it makes sense to me. One of the things he mentioned is how many kids are in each classroom and that there is no way a teacher can know when a child is having a problem. He has home schooled the kids now since they were ready to be enrolled in school. He has down a outstanding job. He sets aside certain times of the day for teaching. The kids have to do school work and he grades it. He has three kids and he has pin pointed each one of their strengths and weaknesses and then teaches them whichever way works for them to learn the best. He is forming well rounded individual people. I can see that all ready whenever they come over to granny and grandpa's house. I am very impressed how well rounded his kids are.

I think it is wonderful for dads to stay at home with their kids. This is becoming more of a common thing than it used to be. I don't think staying at home should be decided by whether you are male or female. It should be decided solely on what works best for your family.

I am very proud of him. He was a only child so it amazes me that he is so excellent with all three of his kids. He researchs and makes sure they get what they need to get in the learning stage and even goes over and beyond that. He has them in karate and they have been in that for the last three years. He made sure that they had swimming lessons and when they go on vacation he incorporates something that will be a learning experience as well. The kids are now 10 and he will turn 11 in June. The two girls are 12 turning 13 in October and the other girl is 13 and will be 14 in November. In case you can't tell whenever I talk about my son my chest puffs out.

It surprises me but it doesn't take any problem at all for him to switch to teacher mode. He is a friend to them as well as father and teacher. He and I have had many discussions on his role for his kids. He tells me about the different things he does to accomplish what he needs to for his children. Every time he talks he lists his kids as the highest prorority in getting them ready to go out in the world when it is time.

The school rooms in America or very over crowded and kids don't get the individual attention they need. If they need help in a certain area generally they don't get help unless they ask for it. My son pinpoints when one of the kids is having a problem with a certain subject and will back track and go over it with them until they get it. He praises them very highly so that they don't get discouraged. Don't get me wrong I don't fault the teachers in school but they are overloaded in the classroom and therefore there isn't time to do one on one with students that need it. My son had researched in depth and discussed it with his wife and decided that was the best route to go for his kids to ensure that they got a top quality education.

Oh yes. He has made a good choice. My grandchildren have the greatest dad and teacher. His patience is above anything I have ever seen. He will talk to which one he is dealing with and encourage them to come up with the right solution. He does not give the solution to them. They will be thinking, intelligent adults. Society should realize that it doesn't make any difference what the gender is as long as the kids are getting top notch care and education.

My son is very comfortable with himself and therefore it doesn't matter what other people think. His main concern is that his children are will taken care of and well educated and he is accomplishing both and his children are very well rounded. I can not say enough times how proud I am of him.

Thank you ashjoe76, My son is very dedicated to his kids. He is constantly looking for things for the kids to learn from. He keeps up on making sure they are right where they need to be when it comes to grade wise. He will go back over something over and over again when he realizes that one of his kids are not quite picking up on something. Perfect example was his oldest daughter could not quite figure out math problems in her head. She had to have paper to do it. My son on the other hand as well as his other daughter can figure in their heads. He would go over and over with the oldest and at first could not understand why she could not come up with the answer for something like 1+0 is what. She would just look at him and could not truly come up with the answer. He told me his wife and he talked about it and finally he came to understand that this daughter needed a paper and pencil in front of her to figure math. So she uses paper and pencil now and his other daughter figures in her head. He looks for the strengths and weaknesses in each child and adjusts his teaching methods appropriately. He is one heck of a dad in my book. Not because he is my son but I have seen how his kids are becomeing well rounded individuals.

fieryfrost, That is excellent. You all will never regret it. My son is proud of the fact that he is forming his children's way through life. And they are excellent children. I asked him one day if he ever regreted staying home with the kids. He looked at me and said that was the best move he ever made. He was totally responsible for the education of his children and he loved it. Tell your husband it is a very fantastic job, and yes it is a job. Don't let anyone tell him anything different. It is the most important thing a man could do is be at home with his kids and prepare them for life. My son said he has had guys tell him oh, boy , what a easy job. It is obvious that they have never been around kids and if they were they just sat on their hineys. It didn't bother my son and he said most of the time guys can't believe that he does that and remark to him that there is no way they could do that. My son the amazing man. I am so very proud of him.

He has all kind of resources he goes to on the internet and utilizes chat rooms for home school parents. He is a amazing dad and teacher.

Yes, I agree with you. Not all kids are suited to stay at home and be taught. Some kids need the structure that school brings. I think dads should take a amount of time to do this. It bonds them closer to their kids. My son and his kids are really close. He can tell when their is something on their minds and will work with them until they let him know what is bothering them. He tells them he can't help fix a problem if he doesn't know what the problem is. He is very good in math and he does the figuring in his head. He was teaching the kids math and one does great figuring in her head and the other one can not. So he observed both of them and noticed that the oldest one was having real problems when he gave her a math problem. He worked with her for a long time. Then he realized that she has to work it out on paper or the math problem she can not solve. So he now gives her paper when they do math and the middle girl uses her mind to solve them. If he needs to back track he does that also. If he sees that one of his kids are having a problem and he has moved on to the next step he will move back to the previous step until he knows his child has got it. He is pretty amazing. He was a only child and he is excellent with kids. Not just his but all the kids he has ever come in contact with.

I am very proud of him. He teaches his children a lot and is constantly looking for more to teach them about a variety of different things. He loves being at home with them and when you watch them together they are tied together tightly with love.

That's how I look at it. In this day and age things have changed and so has the roles that used to be women roles and the ones called mens roles. Those are not the case anymore. I am very proud of my son and he does a above the board job. He has a full time and that is taking care and teaching his children. He loves doing it and the kids love their dad very much. When they are together you can see the way they feel about each other and they have a very close relationship.