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Hi Dana,
I think one point that is being missed is that some dads work from home and as a result of this they are in fact “Work/Stay at home dads”. I think the ladies, bless their hearts, sort of missed it and an opportunity for a different dialogue was missed. More people are making their income from home. Even with that being said and with an income coming in from the dad those feelings are still their. So it is more of the cultural and social expectations the we as Work/Stay at home dads have to get over more that anything. It has nothing to do with whether the wife is successful or not. Nor whether the dad is bringing home the bacon or not. It is just the way we have been stigmatized for so long. “Dad goes off to work.” This is the true root of our insecure feelings. I say our but I’m purely speaking from my own perspective.
I couldn’t agree with you more, Terry. There was a lot missing in this interview. While I think the issue of Stay-At-Home dads is very important, it more often than not negates the larger issues that relate to fatherhood, hence limiting the inclusion of dads like yourself as well as dads who work out of the home. I also see your point about work-at-home dads, of which I consider myself a qualifier. It was not how this interview was supposed to go down, but I’m glad of it nonetheless as anyone who is inquisitive would see that the EOD project is so much more than ‘a film about stay-at-home dads.’ Ah, the media….
Best,
Dana