“According to the 2010 census, the number of self-described stay-at-home fathers in the United States has more than doubled in the past ten years. (And that number doesn’t even account for guys like me, men who play the role of primary caregiver while also working at least part-time.) I had learned to accept that T. made a lot more money than I did; I was proud of her. But I wanted to chip in. And not just financially. I wanted desperately to be contributing something of value to the world. Instead I was boring friends with anecdotes of Jack's daily misadventures. I'd heard the argument that raising your kids is the most important job there is, but while Jack and Jill were the best part of my life, I'd never wanted my kids to be the most interesting thing about me. “Do you have any outside interests?” I asked. He laid Dashiell down on the slide and tenderly wiped the boy down with a wetnap before sliding him in the Bjorn. “I don't have time for outside interests,” he said. “I'm working day and night. I've gotta have dinner ready. I've gotta have the kids ready for bed. I've gotta have the apartment clean. The more I do, the less my wife has to. I used to do karate, but I gave that up years ago. I'm putting everything else off.” Read More http://www.gq.com/life/mens-lives/201311/stay-at-home-dad-fatherhood#ixzz2lJAmx7BX”