North Carolina Man Takes Second Job Where Daughter Works For Extra Quality Time

A North Carolina man may have locked up the "Father of the Year" award by taking a second job in order to spend more time with his teenage daughter. James Culp, a retired Marine living in Newport, already works as the director of a child development center at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. However, as Fox News reports, he eagerly stepped into a new role at the bakery and deli counter at the Food Lion supermarket where his 19-year-old daughter, Astyn, works.

The father-daughter duo haven’t been on the job at the grocery store together long, but he was a stay-at-home dad for his little girl, and they were inseparable. Astyn has worked for Food Lion for more than a year-and-a-half and had been telling her dad about her struggles with coworkers not showing up for shifts or doing their share of the work, which made it harder for her and the rest of the team. So James decided to ease her stress and took a job working with her, but she’s actually his boss.

Dad has a tough schedule. He works from 5:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the child development center before starting his shift at Food Lion at 3:00 p.m. But he doesn't seem to mind. "As long as they'll have me, and I can work the same shift as Astyn … and help her and make her life easier, I'll be there,” James says. Astyn has a new appreciation for her father, explaining, “Being able to work with him and see him every day is just something I’m really grateful for.” Man, this room is dusty.

Finally the list you’ve all been waiting for: Where does North Carolina rank among the “Daddest” dad states in the country? Well lucky for you, we found it.

Our friends over at Zippia.com put some good thought into figuring out what makes a state the most Dad. They put together an actually quite impressive list based on the following Dad factors:

“There are a lot of things that make dads, well, dads. It’s not only fathering a child, but it’s parenting a child- and the weird set of daddisms that seems to go with it.”

So, if you’re wondering, Iowa is at the top of the list for most “Dad” state in the country. And in last place is Florida, sorry Sunshine state, your just not the "daddest" of them all.

North Carolina comes in at a comfortable 6 on the list, getting a big boost as the top state in the country for the amount of money spent on kids, at $17,666 per year. So hats off to all the hard-working North Carolina dad's out there! We love you!