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' {"2" ’5‘, " {5“ 'g‘ “‘ ' : are more of us. We're stayatliome dads; hear us roar!" . ening news that many of their your story 0f the (”9b Shoe all” ; ." g 7’3”; ' "W‘ 4‘ f “‘3‘ < “ Ibis past Family Day long weekend. I finally finished read- I frIt’ndS had "WWII voted lor the top pany was informative. but ‘7“ V ““ 1 .1 ”fwd ing a book given to me by a friend over a year ago. The book name on ”I“ h‘m‘” 1” ”I” "m“ IIII‘Wd a timely Y“ ”19‘7"" I'd“ :‘. '5' A.“ 3 ‘ I"? 3" , llousebroken: Confessions ofa Stay-at-llome Dad was herald recent federal t‘lt'L‘llUll , ‘ about the continuance of the Bauer “* ' “I“F' " i j, '. _' ’H ed by Quill & Quire as. "A refreshing. utterly hilarious and often When I WWII I“ “IR" I did notice brand. ‘ . ‘W’fi' M "f ‘ . 7' " moving portrait of parenting and masculinity at the dawn ofa with alarm that there was a very The shelves of hockey skates _ , « ? "~7$i¥’7~ - '93..“ kg”; if. new millennium." long list oft‘andidates and that the found at Canadian retailers are » W53 . . ;£'.",:"'-¢‘ . ‘_ ’5 I've been a fulLIin-lc stay~at-home dad for six years now. I incumbent ~ Mr. lelegdi i was filled With products desrgned in “fats ‘ .. ,, ». £4120", ft»; , with my oldest daughter now in Grade 1 and my youngest at way down at the bottom. . Canada â€" by Bauer. Fasten and m -‘ . . mm 'I at home with me each day. It crossed my mind at the time others â€" but manufactured off “ " j. .. , “*4?” <. ”if And While I've read several books on parenting over the IIIEII MI- Braid. bI‘IIIf'. ll‘u'd fiISIr W35 shore. C .. I- “w§" . 333'“ " "‘ y years. none has been as tender. warm and fearless as House- 80mg I0 PM II II“ ”I “III“ ”IE“ W3)“ In fact. Ihave "0‘ been able I0 . . - _'.‘f“5t‘“?‘r‘;.”fti“ff'; " . 3” broken. a no-holdsâ€"barred true story oflife as a stayvat-home I’m positive he got at least 48 find a pair of skates tnade domesti- . . ‘ “KW? ““51? _~ 5;? dad. ' that “a?" cally. ' “I M ‘ ’ i ”may" ‘. ' ‘f In (ha i r :A I 0 ~ die You‘d think that these slinky" cit]? It's z:_pity thato'snir" natignal pasr amm â€"8. Ni; writes: “I EeSerlme'Saili‘tlftli mpgrhgtine. ! lens. most \ “’Ulllt‘ll. HUI] ( 3V9 [U118 [C 185 0” pr UCIS ma C‘ mm ema‘m «VI-“n of so me. I n" h'n [nan , , un . remembered the struggles their abroad and not the products that 3'... aw“ . s; :1 ‘ ' "21 men [wake ”(15m {It}: niliddleyollfhe g \ l \ “\l l \l l. mothers went through toacquue employ our people. ‘ ' stiff. ‘ - _» night thinking, ‘Now I know what I .\li IS the vote. and \\ould t lierish that ӣ3 . want to be in life! A stay»atAhonie I I right. Rick Diggins 1. ,0, it“ (may " i “’ But merely to \Ult' and not know Waterloo ' “ ‘ Eddie was a comic novelist (whose I I *7 .. , ~ , H work was hailed as “entertaining infec~ I tious enjoyment” by the New York 5 . Times). until “Mr. Eddie met Ms. Right ‘ l ‘ I Brush up on gas and hydro rates _. a... i . . , full-time career ~ who delivered an . It's hard to say what I would do to entertain myself And. yet again. I discovered the term "customer ' ultimatum on her 30th birthdayz.‘l’:er- I f .. sometimes it I didn't have people coming to the service" really should not be used by some compa~ tilizcrmyeggs. 0I’ PMk .VIIIII bags. i door to try to sell me something, rues at all. So I cancelled my contract with them. “uh unabashed malcness and MARSHALL . 5 Yes. I am one of those people who enjoys tortur- and will take my business elsewhere. confidence oftone, Eddies words ‘ w ing them. as well as the ones who call me on the Coincidentally. I had the chance to do that just 959903“? resonate when II comes to L ARI) phone, hours later when someone from another company. protecting’your ChIld from harm: If _ “”7“" ‘ '" But there‘s a reason for that. I’m called Summit Energy. jumped up at my (my son) Nicholasand I “I? P389989“ III a “if Md III? dTIVf-‘I hoping if enough of us do that maybe 7 ' front door. They needed to see my gas bill. appears ‘0 be dnvmg ‘00 fit“ or I5 "I any way careless 0T Mk- they will change their ways. I )1 I ( ‘1 ' ( )1 they said. just to make sure I was getting. 1935 I WI]! SImPlY “If I0 the PCISPII- YOII realize. QICOUISC- III?" Maybe M lug! the (mm. in me. but , ‘ the best possible price. Well. thank good- ifwe get into an acndent and Nicholas is killed. I II have to I can't think of any other business I“ ) I l R I\ I ness for them! I am so happy someone is ‘3le on my bIOOdY stumps ‘0 where you I9 lying In a POOI 0f ' where the old nile of “buyer beware" looking out for me. NW 39d broken teeth and finISh you’off myself. dont YOU? II 5 applies quite so much. ' “ ." - Turns out their price was a little better. 50" 0fllk‘ia PWIOCOI we parents have. They tend IO slow down last week. I received a notice in the . f AbOUl halfa cent. 50 I IOId them to 80 after that. . . . . , . . mail from my current gas supplier ‘ . ‘ away too. While much of Eddies writing is a brilliant blend of self stating my Comma was coming to an | ‘ However, I have to wonder why these el’faCing humour and humility. it was his honesty I apprecrated end in June. and the new fiveAycar it Companies operate in this way. I assume "‘0'“; I" the finely researched 93ml] chapter‘of ”‘9 book. The rate would be 31 I cents a cubic - ,. it's because they manage to bamboozle POIIIICS'Of prudgery. he writes: “I m not critictaing those who metre. Right now. I‘m paving about 29 (L: I ‘ enough people into signing up _ other- put their kids in day care. I:veryone makes their mm decrstons. cents. I " . wise it wouldn't be worth it. {0'99" 0W“ reasons. WTIIeS EddIe- _ A 30 per cent increase? I might K” . But I can think ofbetter ways to do I m aware that many peopIe feel they camafford to stay have bought into that last summer, ’M business. home With their children.altliough I would paint out that in_ ‘ but with me decline in energy prices BRIAN . Don‘t ask to see my bill. 1 know you're ISM. the average per capita income was less than half what it is (1 need only 100k at one of my mutual not trying to do me a favour' You are in today. and food. clothing and shelter accounted for almost 80 funds to confirm this) I can‘t see any BOURKE business to make money. pm 80011 with perucent ofthe average familys income. reason why my price would go up that that. bl" there's no reason you have to Anyone With a sense ofdomestic history. of how our grand- much. The Union Gas rate right now is just over 30 make all ofyour money off me. parents IIVEd versus how we We, knows ”I? II'UIhi we WOI’II. cents. . Ask me if] know what price i am cunemjy my. harder because we spend more. In fact. we ve never been nch- So I called this particular su lier. which for the ing for gas or hydro. and then give me your best e" _ _ purposes of this exercise I will (:31 Direct Energy off” Straight up lake me. as a househusband and stayâ€"at-home dad. Eddie because that's their name. in my mind [was a - If the deal is good. I will take it. to: isn‘t, I will represents one ememe ofthe spectrum: Most peeple I know returning customer who had never missed a bill. tell you. At that point you can leave my front porch use a WICIIWOI’II 0f nanmes. 81'3"""33‘ mommy. daddy. babYSII‘ and given the economic times. I felt there might be a or hang up the phone. There’s no need for you to tell “3'3; part-time 311d freelance work. OWE“ IhOI-ISI’I- {7W obser- better deal available me how stupid lam for not taking your offer or how vation from PUShIIIS Nicholas ‘0 the park and dI'OP‘m centre But. nomxxxmmm What i got was a person who the other company I'm with is not very good. You and all the rest of it. is that the net result of the social revolution was perfectly primed to read to me from a prepared never make yourself look better by slamming other ofthe '35" 30 years IS "Ch women "OW Pa! 900' WOIM‘II I0 I?“ script about how very volatile the energy markets companies. after their kids and do the drudge work. (.hildren_are still being are right now and how no one really knows what the ”0 YOUTH?" a {KI/0|". and one I0 any older rela- looked after by women â€" IIISI "0‘ ”I?" mothers. _ . price will lX'.J)_jll the company's forecasters believe tives or friends you might have since they seem to “(he and ”Gnu": deSPIIC the day-to-day. haII‘ PIIIIInfl 37 “my... ig a muonahje bet. be particularly vulnerable. frustrations that can come With the job. being a stay-at-hnme look. I'm no economist. but I'm banking that Iklucate yourself on the rates available and parent “I" be the. best job in the world as our kids are "capable i mth unemployment hitting high water marks across maybe we can convince these operators to be a little "I radiating Pl"e NW and happiness. “flIghIII‘R IIP “I” a (‘ohI’ISI' ihe country. along with the plunge in energy prices I0“ “can mas "T" when I report for work "I "I" QO'"R- “Tm" ”Idle and a slowdown that has rippled right through the “Id that. among many other reasons. is why we re stay-at ‘ economy. there's not much ofa chance that the home dads â€" ”a“ “5 "’3” price of natural gas is going to suddenly skyrocket. '“ I)ire(t I nergy feels differently though and really had Brian Bourke. a member 0/th [US .l KOO]. FM ‘ ' 7" - i no interest in ”N mung this no matter how far I morning new. ran by "1“,,“le email a, Marshall Word :50 ”51101 nrtutaml irulrjwuleni filmmaker ‘ moved up llll' management ( hm". hImurkeél‘koolfmrnm. Email is twlrompnt marshal! imrirlwhotmatlanm.