The dadlands have been quiet, so I'm dredging the bottom of the barrel a little bit. Full Time Father, on the other hand, has been busy, picking up on this unfortunate piece of news. He then looked even deeper at the trend of kids -- young kids -- staying home alone. For a pre-Halloween scare, check out this report. (Thanks to FTF for both links.)

Secondly, a Bay Area non-profit that helps parents find childcare claims to have picked up on the at-home dad trend before anyone else. I'm glad that this is enough of a trend that groups are rushing to claim credit for noticing it first.

Here's where my next two bucks is going: bumper stickers emblazoned with Peter Baylies' slogan: "Men Who Change Diapers Change the World."

Finally, I missed the news a couple of months ago that we may not have seen the last of the "Daddy Day Care" film phenomenon. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing depends, I suppose, on whether Eddie Murphy is a step up in the dad department from Micheal Keaton.