A coworker of mine came across a great article on CNN.com about Atlanta radio personality Jimmy Baron who describes the events that left him unemployed as a perfect storm. In 2006, after having his pay reduced by 60 percent, he quit and began looking for new work. With the downturn in the economy his job offers dried up.
Baron describes this period as horrendous, emasculating, one of the worst in his life. Baron finally got the offer he was looking for late last year but on his first day back in the workforce, he realized there was a downside to the new job -- he hadn't been in the house when his son woke up, and he missed his role as Mr. Mom.
Fathers are the primary caregivers for about a quarter of the nation's 11.2 million preschoolers whose mothers work, according to the US Census Bureau. Some men are leaving the work force by choice. An estimated 158,000 married fathers with children younger than 15 left the labor force for at least a year to care for their family while their wives went to work, according to a Census Bureau report based on data from last year.
To learn more about this trend and Jimmy Baron's story, visit the link below:
I have a Mr mom, somedays I love it some days I wish I could stay home. It works for us because my husband gets enough side jobs and can make his own schedule and still pulls in more $$ then I do
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