Title: Stay-at-home dad - Wikipedia
Headings: Stay-at-home dad
Stay-at-home dad
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Evolution of family roles
Pre-industrialization
Industrialization (1800–1900)
Transition to modern family (1900–present)
Increase in popularity in the 21st century
Disadvantages
Advantages
For the child
For the mother
For the father
Prevalence
Australia
Canada
East Asia
China
North Korea
United Kingdom
United States
See also
References
Further reading
External links

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Father who is main caregiver of children
"House husband" redirects here. For other uses, see House Husband (disambiguation). "SAHD" redirects here. For other uses, see Stay-at-home daughter. A stay-at-home dad taking care of children
A stay-at-home dad (alternatively, full-time father, stay-at-home father, house dad, househusband, or house-spouse) is a father who is the main caregiver of the children and is generally the homemaker of the household. As families have evolved, the practice of being a stay-at-home dad has become more common and socially acceptable. Pre- industrialization, the family worked together as a unit and was self-sufficient. When affection-based marriages emerged in the 1830s, parents began devoting more attention to children and family relationships became more open. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, large-scale production replaced home manufacturing; this shift, coupled with prevailing norms governing sex or gender roles, dictated that the father become the breadwinner and the mother the caregiver.