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Why more American dads are choosing to stay home

Clip: 6/13/2014 | 7m 55s

Why more American dads are choosing to stay home

The number of American fathers staying home with their children reached 2.2 million in 2010 -- an all-time high. For a closer look at why more fathers are acting as primary caregivers, Hari Sreenivasan talks to Kim Parker of the Pew Research Center and Scott Coltrane of the University of Oregon.

06/13/2014 | Rating NR

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