"The Ultimate Stay-at-Home Dad" by Shannon Carpenter

Carpenter has been tending to his family's three kids as a stay-at-home dad since 2008 so he had plenty of experience to draw from for a manual for full-time fathers."The Ultimate Stay-at-Home Dad" is a collection of tips, words of wisdom, warnings and ideas for the guys who stay home. There are even recipes (Carpenter planned on enchiladas the day he interviewed with Steve Tarter).He wants to encourages others to follow in his footsteps. "Don't freak out over 14 years (the amount of time he's been at home). Try it for six months or a year and see how it goes," he said.It comes down to self-worth, said Carpenter. "I'm not babysitting. I'm not helping out Mom. I'm parenting," he said.With the pandemic creating more homebound parents than ever before, Carpenter's guidebook may be just the ticket to facilitate family time in a lot of households.