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1. What is your chosen topic, and how did you come across it? Why is it interesting to you? What do you personally hope to gain or accomplish by writing about this topic?
My chosen topic concerns “How Society Feels about Stay At Home Dads”. This is very interesting because despite the fact that there is still a small group of stay-at-home fathers, the number has continued to grow rapidly in the United States. In the data gathered by the Census Bureau, the percentage of stay-at-home dads has increased by 1.8% from 2001 to 2011. Over 53% of fathers expressed their desires of being stay-at-home dads if their wife has enough earnings to permit it. The huge proportion of dads who would take into account this choice indicates the possibility for increased growth in the population of stay-at-home fathers in the future.
In writing this, I hope to gain more insights about how society feels about men who would rather stay at home and take care of the households. Further, I wish to know how effective fathers are in being caregivers.
2. Provide a brief summary of the topic. Explain the current issues surrounding the topic and share at least two different positions on the topic.
As families developed, it has been common to have stay-at-home dads in the society. Media has also displayed the varied roles of fathers in American families. Headlines emphasizing the superior roles that women have started to portray served as constant reminders of the changing times in the roles of parents in the family. The consistency and visibility of the message has echoed across the nations and challenged the perceptions of gender roles as well as the typical family in America.
The present-day’s fathers have demonstrated encouraging signs of good parenting. These were mostly fathers devoted to and functioning on the desire to be involved caregivers while simultaneously recording the frustration they sensed when they failed to do so. However, there were a number of apparent flaws in the career-life planning of these male groups that resulted to frustrations. While 75% of the male figures desired to spend time with children, these are also the same individuals who wished to find a job with loftier responsibility.
The public acceptance that majority of men are generally devoted to shared responsibility with children has not yet reached its fruition. While a number of media coverage has been represented and favorable in finding evidence that men’s increasing devotion to shared care is genuine, some individuals were just skeptical. There are a lot of men who have chosen the path of becoming full-time caregivers to the family and to the children.
3. What specific issue will you write about within the larger topic, and what unique angle will you provide?
The specific issue in this topic is about stay at home dads stepping up in their roles as caregivers. The small yet increasing demographic of at-home dads may be viewed as significant particularly when it comes to gaining awareness about the challenges and experiences that virtually all individuals will experience as they continue to be more involved and dynamic parents. While being stay-at-home dads is not a choice for majority of men, the male population will need to continually step up their roles as caregivers if they are to comply with their expectations as well as the expectations of their partners concerning their parenting role. Thus it is vital for people to have a great understanding of the factors that allow men to take the role as caregivers.
4. Define your audience. Who are they, and what are their needs, motivations, and influences? In what ways will you need to structure your writing to appeal to them?
My audiences are stay at home dads and working mothers. Stay at home dads will learn a lot from this paper especially when it comes to handling the needs of members of the households. Working mothers will also appreciate their husbands more despite the shift in their roles.
References
Doucet, A., & Merla, L. (2007). Stay-at-home fathering: A strategy for balancing work and home in Canadian and Belgian families. Community, Work and Family, 10(4), 455-473.
Hatter, W., Vinter, L., & Williams, R. (2002). Dads on dads: Needs and expectations at home and at work. Manchester: Equal Opportunities Commission.
Marshall, K. (1998). Stay-at-home dads. Perspectives on labour and income,10(1), 9-15.
