There's clearly a need that went unmet in the Newsweek story that has taken up so much space here. I read through the transcript of an online chat with the woman who wrote the story, and it seems like there are an awful lot of people remaining out there who don't know about resources for at-home dad (or, for that matter, working moms).

The orginial story was clearly aimed at educating everyone else about us weirdos on the fringe, but it left out a good bit about why people make the choice to become rebel daddies or rebel mommies and hardly touched on how to thrive in those society-threatening roles. In the chat, those were the questions people wanted answered. "We just want to find some people that can be our friends - others who can relate to our lifestyle on a personal basis. I know there are websites and chat boards out there, but we need people close to us!," one woman wrote. "The couples in this article sound so great - I would just love to talk to them in person!"

The answer to that question -- the central one for a lot of people in this situation -- shouldn't be a stumper (The Newsweek author's reply "Hopefully, the Newsweek story will get people talking, and connecting." Some service that provides ...). Really want to connect? Put down the magazine. Go surf the websites, check out the chat rooms. You'll find some of us live nearby. And we check the bulletin board at the coffeeshop. We're out there on the playground with the kids.