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I am a Dad to an eight month old boy. I feel that the role of a Dad has changed greatly since I was a boy.

In the not so distant past, men were the main bread winners for the family. The woman would take care of the kids and the home. Well, things have changed...

With the realization of equal rights, women have worked their way up the corporate ladder and are making great salaries. Many times their salary even supersedes their husband's salary.

With both parents working, parenting responsibilities are split more equally, or sometimes more on the Dad.

I work during the day and my wife works in the evenings. We do this to keep from having to pay for our son to go to daycare. I don't think that daycare is bad. We just can not financially afford for one of us to not work right now, or afford for our son to be in daycare.

During the day my wife and boy stay at home while I go to work. Then at night it's just me and my boy. I do everything that Mom would do if she was here including feeding, changing, bathing, giving medicine, comforting, reading books, and playing! I don't remember my Dad doing this stuff, and I can almost guarantee that his Dad didn't do this stuff for him!

There are many families where the Mom goes to work and the Dad stays at home all day with the kids. I know quite a few Dads that do this and they are very good parents! They are happy and most of them are proud to be stay at home Dads!

Times have changed and so have the responsibilities of Moms and Dads.

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