RebelDad.com
Title
Rebel Dad: The stay-at-home dad revolution, online
Description
About Rebel Dad
What is Rebel Dad? When I first quit my working-world job to stay home, I went excitely looking for information about at-home fathers. I searched the web, browsed my way through my local bookstore, kept a close eye on my local paper and flipped through the magazines at the newsstand, all in hopes of getting some insight into the new fraternity I had joined. It was a frustrating search. There seemed to be little written about us, even less written for us. I couldn't even find a reliable statistic for how many at-home dads there were. This site is an effort to catalog what is out there about us in the media (and in society, broadly). While others -- most notable slowlane.com have done a great job of give dads resources to find one another, I know of no site that aggregates news about at-home dads. Enter Rebel Dad.
Why 'Rebel Dad'? One of my early problems had to do with nomenclature. There is no good way to refer to a father who serves as primary caregiver. "Househusband" sounds dated, "stay-at-home dad" too long (and the acronym -- SAHD too depressing) and otherwise problematic. "Mr. Mom" is offensive for a couple of reasons. I wanted a name for us that captured something positive, something edgy. I occurred to me that I'm at the leading edge of a social revolution (gender equity in the home!), and that Rebel Dads would be good name for us guys. It's not intuitive enough to show up in Webster's, but it's good enough for me.
For more information on at-home dads ... slowlane.com remains the best bet. The fine gentleman who runs the site has plans for an upgrade, but it still remains the clearinghouse for much at-home dad information.
Contact
- Rebel Dad
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- Alexandria Alexandria
- US Alexandria
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- 703-837-0870
