Do Men Mother?: Fathering, Care and Domestic Responsibility by Andrea Doucet

Traditionally, mothers have been assigned to take care of their children and stay home to carry out daily housekeeping activities. However, in recent years, men are participating in this house more and more. Men and women share more responsibilities in housework and child rearing. Several fathers choose to take care of their children at home instead of working outside, because employment was interrupted or wives were paid more than salary.

When they are doing volunteer activities in the classroom, do they volunteer in the classroom when the children usually participate in the game group composed of mothers or are playing? My father at home told Canada sociology professor Andrea Doucet and the author of "Do Men Mother", "It is a good thing for men to be interested in other children." Previously, when SAHD tried to enter the club of Burlingame Mothers, he was rejected - the club told him he could join if he was in the same sex relationship. Why can not he join his father's group or start himself? Someone asked. When he complains about the media, he was finally allowed to participate. The first heal of this group is to maintain sister relationship, leave my wife, leave a group of lonely women, leave my husband and bring desires and sexual thoughts. What? Difficult to understand

Several limited studies were conducted on the father who was at home. Starting with Andrea Doucet's research in Canada, this series of research was adopted by British researchers. I examined how these fathers are represented in the media and gathered their own statements. Obviously, the markers of masculinity and manhood are closely related to the way the father is at home in the media. Contrary to this negative story, when talking to a father at home it is clear that the desire to care for children in full time is an important part of their identity. By doing this, when dealing with the role as a care giver and trying to integrate traditional masculinity, conceptual hardship has decreased.

Today, the definition of the role of mother and father has changed and swapped. Family responsibility, child rearing, and financial contribution are the same obligation as men and women. For me, child rearing and raising children are raising children - they are verbs, not nouns. Being a parent is to care, take responsibility and act with interest. Because I am a man and I am the sole parent, I can not do everything for my children all the time. I often talk about loving them and my work as mother emphasizes that it is to confirm that they are happy, healthy and safe. They do not need best friends, they need a parent, which means I need to comfortably say "no."