An interesting thing I noticed shortly after becoming a mother is that the way our culture here in the US works for parents is thus: Mom does parent work = doing her job. Mark = meets expectations Dad does parent work = above and beyond call of duty. Mark = exceeds expectations My first encounter with this was at the the wonderful miss-it-like-crazy-cakes Montessori school Patience attended in Massachusetts. When I dropped off Patience the marvelous teachers were so friendly, so nice, "Hi Mrs. Pippert! Hi Patience! So glad to see you!" Then they waved goodbye to me, "Have a nice day!" When my husband did the same---and trust me, he did it just as I did it, no extra fanfare, no bribery cupcakes for teachers, etc.---he got gushed over. "Oh Mr. Pippert, it's so good to see you! You're such a great dad! Patience is so lucky to have a father as involved as you!" It was the same thing when we went to the school together. So I saw it first hand. The tea...