superdad

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noun

A father who looks after his home and children whilst being in full-time employment.

Scrabble 12

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nounsuperdad (plural superdads)

plural superdads

  1. informaluncommonA father who looks after his home and children whilst being in full-time employment.

    Like new dads, superdads have added the caregiver role to their worker role. But unlike new dads, superdads have made changes at work that put their father role ahead of their worker role.

    2013 June 29, Gayle Kaufman, Superdads: How Fathers Balance Work and Family in the 21st Century, New York University Press, →ISBN, page 198
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    But Superdad often earns higher income and enjoys higher status than Supermom. Furthermore, Superdad is widely congratulated for taking on his 'extra' responsibility while Supermom is vaguely condemned for losing her children's father.

    1994, Douglas M. Brown, Janice Peterson, editor, The Economic Status of Women Under Capitalism: Institutional Economics and Feminist Theory, Edward Elgar, →ISBN, page 10

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