全职爸爸的自白.doc

Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad 全职爸爸的自白 My husband, Clay, does the laundry. He also cooks a mean dinner and manages our 7-year-olds schedule with the seamless precision of the Blue Angels. 我丈夫克莱(Clay)负责洗衣服。他晚餐做得也不赖，另外，他还负责安排我们七岁女儿的日程表，精准度甚至可以媲美“蓝天使”特技飞行队(Blue Angels)。 Clay loves what he does, and hes proud that he does it all so well. But, he also concedes, it comes with a price. 克莱喜欢他现在所做的事情，并且对自己能够这么胜任颇感自豪。但是，他也承认，为此他付出了一些代价。 Clay resents the perception that some people (including some readers) have that he is henpecked, or that he doesnt contribute enough to the family. He has at times felt isolated among stay-at-home moms, or shunned by the dads who find his situation odd, or threatening. 克莱非常反感一些人（包括一些读者）把他看作“妻管严”，或认为他没有为家庭做出足够的贡献。在全职妈妈们的圈子里，他时常会感到孤单，他还会被那些认为他的家庭角色尴尬或具有威胁性的爸爸们拒之千里。 Amid all the talk of women leaning in to their careers, Clay says that he would like to hear more stories about men who are leaning into their families, as he did after shutting down his contracting business when the housing market collapsed nearly three years ago. 有关女性“投身于”事业的讨论称得上铺天盖地，克莱说，他希望看到更多讲述男性献身家庭的故事。差不多三年前，在房地产市场暴跌后，克莱关闭了自己日益不景气的公司。此后，他便承担起照顾家庭的重任。 So for Clay, this is one of those stories. 因此，对克莱来说，他的故事便是一个这样的故事。 Clay never anticipated being a stay-at-home father. Seeing his business succumb despite his best efforts to keep it going was sad and stressful for both of us. 克莱从未想过自己会成为一名全职爸爸。尽管他使出了浑身解数，但仍未能保住自己的公司，这对我们两个人来说都是既伤感又沉重的一件事情。 But when I was offered a promotion, he encouraged me to take it, even though it involved frequent travel and would require him to become a full-time parent. Our daughter was 4 years old at the time, and he felt he could do the greatest good for the family by being there for her—and for me. 但是，当我得到了一次升迁机会的时候，他却鼓励我接受这个机会，尽管新岗位需要频繁出差，而这要求他不得不成为全职爸爸。我们的女儿那时候四岁，克莱觉得最有利于这个家庭的选择就是陪伴在她身边──也陪伴在我身边。 Although society has progressed in its acceptance of stay-at-home fathers, Clay feels that outside of larger urban areas, including in parts of our small