Smith, Jeremy Adam, 1970-

The daddy shift : how stay-at-home dads, breadwinning moms, and shared parenting are transforming the American family / Jeremy Adam Smith. - Boston : Beacon Press, - xxiii, 232 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-226) and index.

A stay-at-home dad's history of North America -- Searching for role models : Ed and Rachelle's story -- Stay-at-home economics or, five myths of caregiving fatherhood -- Searching for community : Chien's story -- Interlude : now you see it, now you don't -- Returning to glory : Ta-Nehisi's story -- The astonishing science of fatherhood, or, three more myths about male caregiving -- Searching for heroism : Kent and Misun's story -- Conclusion: Remember the future -- Another fatherhood is possible.

An analysis of a growing trend in stay-at-home fathers explores the qualities of families with income-earning moms and fathers who take less-traditional and more involved roles in raising their children.

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Househusbands--United States.
Stay-at-home fathers--United States.
Working mothers--United States.
Work and family--United States.
Househusbands.
Stay-at-home fathers.
Work and family.
Working mothers.


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