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The stay-at-home-dad with a full to-do list and a full heart

Oliver Balch

created: June 18, 2025, 7 a.m. | updated: July 1, 2025, 5:51 p.m.

In this series, we meet two men who are dadding differently, and the fatherhood scientist who’s tracking the rise of more involved dads. And that’s just the late morning to-do list. Positive News editors select the week’s top stories of progress, bringing you the essential briefing about what's going right. If he had to categorise the challenges of being a stay-at-home dad, the vast majority have nothing to do with his gender. “I can’t remember the last time I went to the toilet on my own or had a meal on my own.

1 week, 6 days ago: Positive News