Stay-at-home Parent | featured news

In the last decade, the number of men who have left the work force entirely to raise children has more than doubled, according to recent United States census data.

Some families where either the mom or dad decided to stay at home with their kids during the early years have decided against going back to the corporate craziness and instead are choosing entrepreneurship.

When their preschooler was found to have with a degenerative eye condition, the Amicucci family of Troy, Mich., decided that one parent needed to stop working and stay home.

I know them better now. I had no idea that I could know them better, but I do. And they know me better, too. I understand what my 2-year-old is saying when no one else can. I know exactly when my 3-year-old has to go to the bathroom, and how he prefers certain orange cheeses.