Let's take a short diversion from the media and go right to the dad data (and you folks know what a sucker I am for data). This study of dusting dads found that fathers who do housework are more likely to have sweet kids and wives that are "in the mood." Remember, the virtue of at-home dadism may be its own reward, but it's not the only reward. (Along the lines of sexy dads, here's today's Dilbert. We've now run off the rail into standard-issue Dilbert surrealism here, folks.)

We've got more positive press for at-home dad celebrity Hogan Hilling and Proud Dads.

This is what the Newsweek cover story should have emphasized:laid-off men and their challenges. Sure, some at-home dads are unhappy guys who want badly to return to the workforce. But don't tag us all with that stereotype. The SFGate story has plenty of unhappiness, but I didn't feel like anyone was lumping me with that group.

By the way ... there seems to be some archive troubles, so I've expanded the number of posts that exist on this main page. I'm working on fixing ... thanks for visiting the archives, and I apologize for everything you aren't seeing.