careers and what to learn??

dowie said:
Give that the most popular YouTube channel is one of these annoying games reviewers I'd have to say that unfortunately the silliness seems to work out quite well. There isn't much chance of you making much money from this - unless you're very charismatic/funny I really doubt a 'Dad' is going to appeal to the people who watch these things given that three are already thousands of kids out there creating these videos.
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Woodysgamertag filled that exact type of 'youtuber' of being a sensible dad who had fun playing games, he was successful enough to do it full time and make serious money.
 
Jamie23 said:
Woodysgamertag filled that exact type of 'youtuber' of being a sensible dad who had fun playing games, he was successful enough to do it full time and make serious money.
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Is he charismatic or funny?

What do you think the odds are of the OP making a success of it even if he is credible.
 
Derp said:
Learn poker.
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Actually as derpy as Derps derp post might be, playing online poker has earnt me a bit of money in the past. There are a lot of stupid people willing to give their money away online, especially during conventional working hours.
 
Without stating the obvious you won't have the time in all likelihood. As a stay at home dad you will have to be doing things when they are asleep or recovering your energy so you can do the stay at home dad stuff happily and properly. And that's speaking as someone who had the same idea as you when I was stay at home dad for two of my children. After a time I put them with a childminder so I could concentrate on work because trying to do both leaves you doing a disservice to both imo.
 
Xordium said:
Without stating the obvious you won't have the time in all likelihood. As a stay at home dad you will have to be doing things when they are asleep or recovering your energy so you can do the stay at home dad stuff happily and properly. And that's speaking as someone who had the same idea as you when I was stay at home dad for two of my children. After a time I put them with a childminder so I could concentrate on work because trying to do both leaves you doing a disservice to both imo.
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Indeed, the same thoughts breifly crossed my mind when I found out how much childcare costs. The reality is there simply isn't the time - childcare is a full time job, and if you are being a stay at home day you go a majority share of the house hold chores, shopping and cooking to take care of.



You can't leave a child alone - they need constant attention. Not only due to safety but if you ignore them then they will grow up with big social issues. Avoiding day care is already very detrimental to your child growth UNLESS you put a lot of extra work into making sure the child interacts with as many other kids as possible. You need to be taking them to the park, playing with the neighbors kids, taking them to children's museums etc.


The only real Jo I could imagine doing while looking after my child would be to babysit for friends babies, i.e run your own day care.
 
Yep, I've always said being a parent especially in these sort of things is the hardest job you can do. Because at the end of the day it doesn't matter what else you do you don't really give it 100% all of the time and being a parent is the one job you do really need to give 100% all of the time. Mainly because the little ******* will remind you, when they are 20, what exactly you did wrong, once, when they were 4 ...

Stay at home dad is not playing games whilst the kids occupy themselves. It's taking an active part in sorting the house out and taking them to experience life in full. You only get a few years before they are "contaminated" by other peoples' little horrors so enjoy it all I say not waste it doing something that most likely won't turn out to be of any use.
 
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