Ireland: At-home dads: Cooking, cleaning, *and* repairs around the house

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2013-09-05 03:15

Article here. Nice to see such an article but for at-home dads. Excerpt:

'Think dad’s taxi and his handyman services don’t cost a thing?

Think again, because stay-at-home dads could be worth up to €45,000 a year.

That’s right. All those lifts to the cinema and kickabouts in the park add up if you were to pay someone else to do it.

According to a survey by Caledonian Life, there are over 10,000 fathers staying in the family home while their wives or girlfriends are out working.
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• Having a mechanic on hand to fix up the house could cost you the guts €55 a week, hammering the family’s fortunes by €2,860 a year.'

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