S2E3: What’s It Like Being a Stay-at-Home Dad?

🎙️ Season 2, Episode 3: What's It Like Being a Stay-at-Home Dad?

An Honest Conversation About Fatherhood, Caregiving, and What It Means to Be a Man Today

In this eye-opening episode, Cristina and Tiffany welcome a longtime friend and truly special guest, Matt Groff — a stay-at-home father, primary caregiver, writer, literary critic, puppeteer, and blogger. Matt brings a deeply honest, thoughtful, and often surprising perspective on caregiving, identity, masculinity, and partnership in modern America.

This conversation follows Episode 2, where we asked: What do young men in America actually need today? Now, we flip the lens inward and explore caregiving and masculinity from the lived experience of a full-time dad who chose this role, joyfully.

This conversation widens the lens on masculinity, caregiving, and gender norms. It asks listeners to rethink old assumptions, recognize caregiving as human work rather than “women’s work,” and imagine a future where both men and women have the freedom to build purpose and family on their own terms.

🗣️ What We Talk About:

- Identity, masculinity & purpose

- Caregiving is not a “women’s issue”

- Generational shifts in how people react to a stay-at-home dad

- Partnership & redefining the provider role

- The “men in crisis” narrative & why it’s being blamed on women

- Loneliness, community & adult connection

🎓 References:

The Prof G Pod with Jonathan Haidt and Richard Reeves

Scott Galloway

Jonathan Haidt

Richard Reeves

Joe Hudson

🎤 Meet Our Guest:

Matt Groff - Stay-at-Home Father · Short story writer · Literary critic · Puppeteer · Blogger

👯‍♀️ Meet Your Hosts:

Cristina Sansone – Public health pro turned full-time stay-at-home mom of three

Tiffany Hodges – Multimedia Creator and mom of one

🌐 Find Us Everywhere:

linktr.ee/momsamongotherthings

🔑 Keywords:

Stay-at-home dad, caregiving, masculinity, gender roles, fatherhood, parenting, partnership, identity, emotional labor, modern families, purpose, men and caregiving, social expectations, community, isolation, redefining masculinity

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