The Ultimate Stay-At-Home Dad Helping Combat Male Loneliness w/ Shannon Carpenter

"The ability to seek advice or be vulnerable without fear is priceless and as fathers, we don't have that in this current environment" writes the author, Shannon Carpenter, in his article for CNN.com, "The male loneliness epidemic and how it affects fathers."

In this episode of Family By Heart, two stay-at-home dads, host Dustin Gruss and Carpenter, discuss the article and:

-The landscape that created the inspiration for the article and the response Carpenter has gotten from it.

-How Carpenter and his wife came to the decision for him to become a stay-at-home dad and his family's response to the decision

-Some of the tips and information featured in Carpenter's book, "The Ultimate Stay-At-Home Dad"

-How Carpenter met his 4 best friends and co-hosts of the Dad House Pod

-The impact of the National At Home Dad Conference and the different chapters available for dad's to join or start their own group to find much needed support.

-A fun lightning round of questions to wrap things up.

Both Gruss and Carpenter recognize the need for support and assistance for men and dads and both are happy and willing to answer any questions or point any listeners in the right direction to receive that needed support.

Carpenter , a stay-at-home dad since 2008, is a humor writer trained through the famous Second City and has written or completed interviews for large national media outlets such as previously mentioned CNN, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNBC, The New York Times and more.

For more on Carpenter visit: shannoncarpenterauthor.com.

For his article on the male loneliness epidemic visit here.

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