Growing Pains of a Hapless Househusband

In theory, life for Sam as a stay-at-home dad is idyllic and stress-free. Months of honing his childcare programme have enabled him to run a ship-shape home with productive days spent creating finger-print masterpieces, cooking up organic cuisine and polishing the family silver.

In practice, the Holden Childcare Programme has fallen out of favour. Sam''s days are filled with tantrums, food fights a...