One Friday night, seventeen years ago, I left my job as a technical author with a software company in Cambridge, England. On Monday morning, I was in a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, knowing nobody, with no access to house, schools and a four-year-old and a one-year-old in my sole charge. We had just waved good-bye to Mummy as she left with her new briefcase for her new career. Then … [Read more...] about An Honorary Woman: A Stay-at-Home Dad’s Experience
Archives for July 2008
Single parenting: Separated fathers would like more time with kids
New research has suggested that three-quarters of separated fathers would like to see their children more.Single parenting is never easy, but the Australian study found that one in five separated dads have no contact with their kids at all, while one in four see them just a few times annually, the country's Herald Sun paper reports.Researcher Ibolya Losoncz found that the … [Read more...] about Single parenting: Separated fathers would like more time with kids
Taking a Home Pregnancy Test
If you and your spouse are trying to conceive a baby, you may want to know if your wife is pregnant. The best and earliest method to that is to use a home pregnancy test. What does a home pregnancy test do? The way a home pregnancy test works is simple. The test measures the amount of a pregnancy hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your spouse's urine. A … [Read more...] about Taking a Home Pregnancy Test
Top 5 Signs of Pregnancy
It is commonly believed that women instinctively know when they are pregnant. That's only part of the truth. The onset of pregnancy is marked by a series of changes in their bodies. Women who are sensitive to these symptoms—especially if they have been pregnant before—correctly interpret them as signs of pregnancy. The presence of some or all of these signs of pregnancy … [Read more...] about Top 5 Signs of Pregnancy
Movie Review: WALL-E
Pixar's latest offering, WALL-E, is being hailed as perhaps its finest yet. The famous animations studio has produced such recent children's classics as Toy Story and Monsters' Inc, but this movie goes one step further, offering beautiful rendering and lessons on consumerism and ecology. Set in a time when Earth is uninhabited by humans and is filled with piles of rubbish … [Read more...] about Movie Review: WALL-E