What is a Stay-At-Home Parent?
A stay-at-home parent is a parent who stays at home to raise his or her children rather than going to work outside the home. Traditionally, a stay-at-home parent was always a female, or stay-at-home-mom, but today some stay-at-home parents are fathers. Stay-at-home parents may or may not also do paid work from home while parenting their children. Many parents wish to stay home with the kids once they start a family, but for mostly financial reasons, not all parents have that option. Some careers don’t transfer well to working from home and often both parents must work outside the home to earn enough income to support the family. If one parent earns enough, then the other parent often has the option of being a stay-at-home parent. This often means giving up some potential income, although when daycare costs are factored in, the income loss may not be very substantial. Some stay-at-home parents, usually still mothers rather than fathers, provide daycare for other children so that they ca
