Why more men are becoming stay-at-home dads
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Why more men are becoming stay-at-home dads
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Why more men are becoming stay-at-home dads

More men are staying at home to take care of their families, according to a 2018 Pew Research report. Historically, economic downturns have forced men out of the labor force and into stay-at-home roles. "Perhaps as many as two million men were stay-at-home dads, depending on how you measure it, during the height of the Great Recession," says Sociology Professor Scott Melzer. "And if we look today at the pandemic, we have another economic calamity." Five dads tell CNBC Make It why they felt called to take on one of the world's most challenging jobs.
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