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by knowuh 2755 days ago
A 'full-time dad' must mean different things to different people. To me, it's incompatible with working full time.

Making them breakfast, seeing them off on the bus, picking them up from school, shuttling them off to activities, helping with homework, making dinner, cleaning up, helping them when they have nightmares ... &etc.

It's healthy to think of raising children as a creative, meaningful project on its own merits.

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Yep I suppose by "fulltime" is open to interpretation here - in this case I mean during the hours my daughter is not at school, I share half the responsibility of my wife in taking care of her. In spite of this, I still feel like I could do more and feel a bit guilty about that.
I would call this being an engaged parent.

It’s good, your family sounds great!

But it’s definitely not being a full-time dad.