My stance on staying home

I'm going to confess something. I thought it would be fun to start a blog about being a stay-at-home dad. I thought this for a few reasons. First, to share the various exploits of staying at home with a little one. But second and more selfishly, to see if enough people were interested in my life to actually help pay some of our bills.

Shameless, really.

But what's funny is that there are many, many "stay-at-home" dad blogs that are wildly successful, and they go against something that I feel strongly about: offering parenting advice.

I personally despise anyone offering tips on how to be a better parent. Thanks for your help, but it's more appreciated when I ask for it. I'm not afraid to ask for advice, but I'm not willing to listen to unsolicited advice.

Is that selfish?

Yes.

But I dare any parent to gratefully and graciously listen to nosey-nelly's great advice. It's 99% of the time not appreciated when it's unsolicited.

I'm ranting for no reason. Circle back to point.

Parenting blogs tend to do this whole "this is what I do and how it's great and you should do it too." That's nice, except don't tell me my business.

I don't feel comfortable telling people what they should do, but rather share what I do. Therefore, I'm not a successful blogger.

That, and I post one thing a month or so. That's probably my bigger downfall.

Speaking of awesome things, my daughter is great. I'm going to spend all day with her, which is probably the best thing there ever was.

That's my random thought of the day.