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More Dads Want To Stay Home With Kids

Many Would Take Pay Cut To Spend Time With Kids

POSTED: 1:53 pm EDT June 11, 2007

Parenting: It's not just for moms.

Don't be surprised if you see more dads on the playground with the kids during the workday. According to a new CareerBuilder.com survey, 37 percent of working dads said they'd leave their jobs if their spouse or partner made enough money to support the family.

If given the choice, another 38 percent said they would take a pay cut to spend more time with their kids.Nearly one-in-four (24 percent) working dads said they felt work was negatively impacting their relationship with their children. Forty-eight percent have missed a significant event in their child's life due to work at least once in the last year and nearly one-in-five (18 percent) have missed four or more.According to the survey, the time working dads spend on work far exceeds the time spent with their children. More than one-in-four (27 percent) working dads say they spend more than 50 hours a week on work and nearly one-in-10 (8 percent) spend more than 60 hours. In terms of the time they spend with their children, one-in-four (25 percent) working dads spend less than one hour with their kids each day. Forty-two percent spend less than two hours each day.While more companies today are offering various programs and options to promote work/life balance, some working dads say their employers are lacking in this area, according to the press release. Thirty-six percent of working dads said their company does not offer flexible work arrangements such as flexible schedules, telecommuting, job sharing and more.CareerBuilder offered the following tips to help dads gain what it called a healthy work/life balance:

1. Keep in touch -- While you're at work, make a quick call in between meetings and projects and let your children know they're top of mind.
2. Plan a kid-friendly potluck -- If co-workers in your department have kids, ask your boss if you can have a kid-friendly potluck for lunch on a Friday. Not only does this allow the kids to spend extra time with you, but it also gives the employees in your department time to get to know each other better.
3. Give your undivided attention -- When you're at home spending time with your family, turn off your cell phone, step away from the e-mails and give your undivided attention. If you bring work home, do it after the kids have gone to bed.
4. Keep one calendar -- Schedule baseball games and play recitals on the same calendar you use for meetings and travel to make sure you never double-book yourself. Save your vacation days for those special events in your children's lives, so you're there and in the front row.
5. Make time -- At least once a week, schedule a family activity that involves interaction such as a game, bike ride, trip to the playground, etc. Also, make sure to schedule a date night for you and your significant other.

The CareerBuilder.com survey, "Working Dads 2007," was conducted from Feb. 15 to March 6, and included 1,521 men, employed full-time, with children under the age of 18 living at home.