While there may be many different types of baby showers today, the various rituals associated with pregnancy and childbirth are similar in that they all wish the best for mother and child but what about Dad? He certainly deserves best wishes as well! Often times now days, the dad will be the main caregiver.
Frequently the new mom is thrown more than one shower anyway; such as an all female workplace shower, so it's not like taking anything away from the mom but an inclusion for the new dad.
Stay at home dads are individuals who care for their children and will either work from home or live in a one-income family household.
As with any stay at home parent they will encounter many hurdles along the way and one such hurdle is that unexpected problems may occur from time to time.
Stay at home dads are becoming more prevalent, but there is still a very strong stigma attached.
Often they are looked at as slackers or lazy but there is no more difficult job than the one of parenting! Our society can be quite ignorant, and while they accept a woman who works, they can not accept a dad that stays home.
While some people feel that a woman can better take care of a child, there are real life examples that blow this theory right out of the water.
Stay at home dads are seen in increasing numbers in Western culture, since the late 20th century.
By 2004, the number of stay at home dads had reached 147,000.
Stay at home dads are often harder to spot than moms, because moms generally tend to be more open about it.
In East Asian nations like Japan and South Korea it is still less common than in the West and the traditional view of women is still dominant.
Children with stay at home dads are lucky.
The involvement of a father in the life of his child is beneficial to the child and, ultimately, society as a whole and sadly according to the nonprofit group called the National Fatherhood Initiative estimates that 24 million of the nation's children, or 34 percent, live without any involvement with their biological fathers.
Children need to be wanted, nurtured and cared for from both parents so throwing a mixed-sex shower may differ radically from a traditional shower but it signals the transition to parenthood of both parents.