Staying Home can Equal More Time With Your Wife

Extended and more valuable family time has to be at the top of any list of reasons to be a stay-at-home dad. There is an extension to that thought which many people may not have considered. Being a stay-at-home dad won’t just give you more time with kids, it will give you more time with your better half as well.

Think about it, especially if both parents work. Crisscrossing work schedules, commutes and daily activities pulling families in all directions usually mean a lot of time away from the house, which also equals a lot of time apart from your spouse.

By staying at home, dad creates a constant. There still will be hectic days, but the chances of both parents coming and going at the same time are minimalized.

Beat the Clock

Work schedules don’t ever seem to correspond for working parents. One leaves earlier in the morning, the other gets back later in the evening. Maybe it works out that everyone is around for dinner and hopefully once the kids are in bed both of you get to really see each other for the first time that day.

But if dad is always there, he is likely around when mom is getting ready for work and again when she gets home for the day. Not all the time will be of the highest quality, but you’ll be together when in a past life you wouldn’t be.

Even in those crazy getting-ready-for-the-day moments in the morning, you’ll be able to piggy back off each other with the kids and breakfast and prepping for work. That makes it better than just one of you going through the process.

In the evening there very well could be more time to do things as a family – take a walk, play a game or even run a few errands together.

The constant aspect of the stay-at-home dad being around also helps with non-traditional hours. If your spouse works non-traditional or varying hours, then the chances you’ll be home when she is have greatly increased. Before, you probably had to hope for similar days off or an upcoming block of vacation to really be together. Now there is time together every day.

More Advantages

And double the advantage if she works from home. Then in some way you’ll be together all the time, although she still will have to fulfill the conditions of her employment, so you and the kids will have to find a way to let her do that.

It’s not hard to see this simple but little thought about benefit. The more time both parents have together the better. And the kids will surely notice and love that everyone is around more often.

Of course there will still be activities to scuttle off to, household duties to fulfill and other life necessities to take care of every day. But schedules will be easier to maintain and even if it is just an hour more here and an extra 30 minutes there, having a spare set of hands help with daily tasks for that short time can seem like a huge relief.

It’s hard to argue about the benefit more Mommy Time brings.