Stay at home dads how do you usualy deal with your wife's parents?

do they have problems with you staying at home and taking care of kids etc?





before you married your wife do you tell them that you wanted to be a stay at home dad?Stay at home dads how do you usualy deal with your wife's parents?
Firstly its none of their business, and i dont mean to sound harsh. You ask permission for their daughters hand in marriage and thats it.


Secondly they (and you) should be proud of what you do, well i think its great anyway, if they dont like it i'm sure they will get used to it.





Keep up the good work!!!!Stay at home dads how do you usualy deal with your wife's parents?
Personally, I think those things should be discussed before having kids. Personal circumstances and people's job requirements change and this also has an effect on family life. If it means dad is the stay at home dad, then I don't see anything wrong with that if it is appropriate to your family then it has to be so long as both parents understand why they are doing it. A majority of the time it has been the mother who has taken on the role of staying at home and bringing up the kids and keeping house [multitasking] = a full time job just as important as working outside the family home.





As for dealing with the in-laws, well if they have a problem with dad being a SAHD, then see if they offer any childcare assistance and then see how they react!





Good luck and whether you're a SAHM or SAHD, be proud of what you are doing - there are no job descriptions, no pay, no vacations, just lots of rewards from the kids growing up! (oh and occasionally a nice tidy home LOL!)
I am a stay at home dad. My wife works and I take care of the kids and my grandson and my mother-in-law. The biggest problem with the in-law is that she is from a different time and has opinions that are not relevent to todays society. I deal with it by listening to her stories about how it was when she was my age and I find it facinating what life was like then. She enjoys the added attention and feels that she still has value in our home. If you ignore your wife's parents they will feel unwanted or useless and will be a dark cloud in your home. Make them feel useful and wanted, always ask for their advice listen to them..even if its not what you want to hear.
It is difficult.. I loose my freedom in my own house.. I don't like the idea