Are Stay-at-Home Dads Violating God's Design for Men and Women?
Air Date September 15, 2012
Summary
Stay-at-home dads: they're becoming more common, but does this model violate God's design for men and women? This Saturday on
Up For Debate, host Julie Roys discusses the issue with "The Real Matt Daddy"—a Christian stay-at-home dad who argues fathers can serve just as well as mothers as primary caretakers. Also joining Julie will be Owen Strachan, a theology professor at Boyce College, who says the "Dad Mom" is a "man fail." Don't miss this challenging and lively discussion this Saturday at 8 a.m. on
Up For Debate!
Featured
Dr. Owen Strachan
Owen Strachan is the Assistant Professor of Christian Theology and Church History at Boyce College in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a contributing writer for the Gospel Coalition, a blog columnist for Credo magazine, a contributor to Project TGM, and a fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Ecclesial Theology. He has a wife and two children.
Matt Peregoy
Matt Peregoy was the former manager for a national retailer
before he gave up his career to be a stay-at-home dad. He is now
the primary caretaker for his daughter, as his wife maintains a
career to financially provide for the family. He is an avid writer,
and blogs about his life as a father online.
Host
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Julie Roys
Julie Roys has become a trusted voice of biblical wisdom on Moody Radio, earning an audience through her weekly commentaries and appearances on The Morning Ride. Julie came to Moody Radio in 2007, after taking a 13-year hiatus from broadcasting to raise her children and serve in youth ministry. Prior to that, Julie worked as a TV news reporter for a CBS affiliate in Indiana and as a newswriter for WGN-TV and Fox News in Chicago.
Julie holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Wheaton College and a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University. Julie and her husband, Neal, live in the Chicago suburbs and have three children.