Dadstock Gets Media Coverage
A couple weekends ago was the very first Dadstock event. The Daily Herald interviewed Todd Krater in an article last week.
“Originally it was designed to just be a local thing,” says Todd Krater, a stay-at-home Lakemoor father who organized Dadstock. “It’s starting to snowball.”
I know Todd from the Dad Stays Home Forum, and he then began inviting anybody who could actually show up. Unfortunately I was unable to attend as it was a long ways from my house and it would have meant bringing all 5 of the kids. Probably an expensive trip no doubt.
About 20 dads from as far-flung as Massachusetts and New Jersey have RSVP’d to the event, which came about from an idea Krater had as the moderator of an online forum for stay-at-home dads.
Krater, who works from home and is the primary caregiver to his two sons, says the online community gives him and fellow dads a way to keep in touch and make friends. Dadstock is an extension of those Web sites, among them dadstayshome.com. Interested stay-at-home dads can visit that site for more information.
For those who were looking for events all day long, Todd wanted to make sure people knew what this event was really about. Us dads who stay home with kids can sorta understand.
“It’s going to be mostly hanging out,” Krater says of Dadstock. “A lot of it’s just going to be talking.”
Those conversations can be tough to have among men with firsthand experience of childcare, Krater says, remembering a recent dinner out with other stay-at-home dads.
“We were sitting there eating pizza and drinking beer and talking about diaper rash and potty training,” he says with a laugh. “That’s just how it goes.”
Maybe next year I can show up to it. Glad everyone had a good time.
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