More dads stay home to raise kids

Father's Day shopping
Retail outlets, like this Home Depot, are promoting Father's day gift-buying in hopes that the holiday will become more profitable for businesses.
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Sunday is Father's Day and an increasing number of fathers, who may get a tie or a bottle cologne from their kids, are defying traditional gender roles and redefining what it means to be a dad. Tom Vytlacil is one of those fathers. He is a stay-at-home dad and an organizer of a group called Minnesota Dads at Home. He spoke with MPR's Cathy Wurzer.

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