Al Jazeera (Really) on At-Home Dads

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Brian Reid in Uncategorized

When the NYC At-Home Dads group pinged me a week or two ago about a request they’d received to help with a spot for the English-language branch of Al Jazeera, I was a bit flummoxed. I knew that Al Jazeera had been working to build a network that busted some of the stereotypes, but I had never had first-hand experience. How would a network best known as a powerhouse of the media world in the Arab world deal with at-home dads?

Pretty well, as it turns out. The piece below (a rough cut without graphics, etc.) is a nice, straightforward take on the subject, and one that isn’t wirhout its surprises.

My favorite bit? A quote or two from Audun Lysbakken, who is identified as the minister of gender equity in Norway. As it is, he is technically the head of the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion. Based on the existence of that office alone, Norway has jumped to the top of the list of places I would happily be an expat.

2 Responses to “Al Jazeera (Really) on At-Home Dads”

  1. Denguy

    13. Mar, 2010

    Rebel Dad, check this out:

    http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/childcare/daycare/article/779349-porter-more-men-needed-to-fill-the-gap-in-daycare

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