How I became a stay at home dad

Watch Video: How I became a stay at home dad by Scott Lenz, ...
How I became a stay at home dad | Kids in the House
KidsInTheHouse the Ultimate Parenting Resource
Kids in the House Tour

How I became a stay at home dad

Comment
75
Like
75
Transcription: 
There are many things to consider when one is deciding whether they are going to keep working or stay at home with their children and parent them from home. I had the good fortune of being laid off from job and having a good 18 months or so of being home with kids and then going back to work for about eight or nine months. And our nanny who had been with us for a long time and the kids loved decided to have another baby and moved to another town, so we were paying her more than I was making. So financially, it made sense for me to stay home. And we also rather than bringing in a new nanny after we had had the same one for so long decided that it would be more stable and consistent if I just stayed home with the kids.

Watch Video: How I became a stay at home dad by Scott Lenz, ...

Related Videos

Transcript

Expert Bio

More from Expert

Scott Lenz

Stay-at-Home Dad

Scott Lenz was born in Lewisberg, Pennsylvania. By the time he reached 9th grade, he had been to eight schools, which explains a lot about his social awkwardness. However, his wife Suzanne and two kids - Jaron, 13 and Georgia, 10 - went to less than five schools combined, so it all evens out.

He was the original rat mascot for Chuck E. Cheese, and since then has been a record store manager, music journalist, television documentarian and, most recently and importantly, a stay-at-home dad. His single greatest hope is that ABBA will one day reunite.

More Parenting Videos from Scott Lenz >
Enter your email to
download & subscribe
to our newsletter
  Listen or Watch
Must See First Year Videos
Three important rules about your baby's first foods
First year milestones
Postnatal depression and loneliness advice
Baby losing interest in nursing
The importance of spending quality time during early childhood
Narrating an infant's environment
Research based benefits of co-sleeping
Bonding versus attachment
Bonding with your baby after a less-than-perfect birth
Preventing postpartum depression
Play All 34 Videos
Featured Experts: Alan Greene, MD, Lawrence Kagan, MD, Barbara Olinger, MSW
More Playlists >
Transcription: 
There are many things to consider when one is deciding whether they are going to keep working or stay at home with their children and parent them from home. I had the good fortune of being laid off from job and having a good 18 months or so of being home with kids and then going back to work for about eight or nine months. And our nanny who had been with us for a long time and the kids loved decided to have another baby and moved to another town, so we were paying her more than I was making. So financially, it made sense for me to stay home. And we also rather than bringing in a new nanny after we had had the same one for so long decided that it would be more stable and consistent if I just stayed home with the kids.