I keep meaning to post the latest from stay-at-home dad/Playboy magazine writer/general funny guy Buzz McClain. He got a vasectomy and wrote one heck of a piece on it for the Washington Post. (And if anyone has an MP3 of Chad singing his vasecomy ode -- Goodbye to Sperm -- at the At-Home Dad Convention a few years back, I'd love to post it.)
Good Morning America, in pursuit of synergy, decided to run with a deeper look at the Desperate Housewives at-home dad situation. They had an expert on yesterday talking about how to shift to the dad-as-caregiver model. It's all sound -- if obvious -- advice, but the expert, Tory Johnson, emphasizes a crucial point: "Dad is not a baby sitter." Of all of the small insults that get hurled our way, the casual "oh -- so you're babysitting today!" from the store clerk is one of the most irritating. It makes childcare sound like an obligation, something best left to the 14-year-old next door. I don't ever babysit. I parent. It's nice to see that acknowledged.
Good Morning America, in pursuit of synergy, decided to run with a deeper look at the Desperate Housewives at-home dad situation. They had an expert on yesterday talking about how to shift to the dad-as-caregiver model. It's all sound -- if obvious -- advice, but the expert, Tory Johnson, emphasizes a crucial point: "Dad is not a baby sitter." Of all of the small insults that get hurled our way, the casual "oh -- so you're babysitting today!" from the store clerk is one of the most irritating. It makes childcare sound like an obligation, something best left to the 14-year-old next door. I don't ever babysit. I parent. It's nice to see that acknowledged.
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