My husband is a stay-at-home dad, which works well for our family, but now that our son is older, he is beginning to look for work again. I know that stay-at-home moms sometimes have problems re-entering the workforce because of the time they were out of the workforce. Can anyone tell me if Dads have similar problems?

One man I knew said he thought it was harder for men to re enter the workforce. He felt like it is a lot more acceptable to have a gap on your resume for taking care of your child if you are a woman, but not mainstream accepted for men. I have no personal experience, just what he told me.

I think it might be harder for a man. I agree with what the above poster said that their time out of work might not be looked upon in the same way as a woman.

I'm a stay-at-home and work-from-home dad, and I don't plan to reenter the work force any time soon. I'd guess there might be a slight bias against men when reentering the work force, but with the myriad of work-from-home opportunities now available, your husband may want to consider pursuing one of these opportunities instead.

Sam

I think it is great that your husband had this oppurtunity to stay home with the kids. But at the same time I could see where he might have a problem getting back into the workforce. Good luck to you both, I hope he finds the job he wants easily.

Stay at home dads definately have a harder time than mothers. Society have a preconception that a fathers role is to be the primary earner and if he is not than somehow something must be wrong with him. Typically their first reaction is that he must be lazy. In the end your family comes before any of society's biases.

I agree with the above posts of others. I don't think it is that accepted that the husband is the one who stays at home and work. Women are more accepted into doing this. Your husband might really have a hard time finding work but theres no problem in trying.

He might be at the right place at the right time!

In my experience as a stay at home mom, it is harder to get a job after being home for several years for me. So I imagine its going to be even harder for your husband. I agree with a previous poster that he might want to look into some work at home jobs, these will help with the employment gap if he decides to go back into the work force & until he finds a good outside job, they will help financially too.

I can imagine it would be harder for a dad for the reasons mentioned. It's really too bad that SAHDs aren't valued more by society. My DH will very likely be a SAHD due to the disparity in our incomes. It just makes sense for some families.

Good luck to you.

I agree r8rpwr. It does make sense for some families, and society shouldn't view SAHD's as lazy or anything because they stay home. I hope it works out for you & your hubby when your baby arrives.