I recently finished the book. I haven't seen the movie.

Certainly, the literary aspects and entertainment value of the book are quite good.

However, I'm somewhat concerned about the at-home dad PR aspect - among other issues, there are those who will see the movie (or read the book) and conclude that at home dads spend their days fooling around with Kate Winslet. (Uhhh, yeah).

For what it's worth, the at-home dad character is also an "unemployed" (bar exam flunkie) guy who hangs out at the local skate park. On the other hand, he's portrayed as a competent parent. And, the at-home status is somewhat incidental, rather than a central "Mr Mom"-like focus of the plot.

The concept of isolation is also a major theme and, being something that's not often talked about, is interesting to see in the book. Although, again, I have some concerns about how the real-life playground crowd will process the way in which the isolation is handled.

So, some good and some bad as it relates to at-home parent life. Definitely worth a read though.

My take: if you thought you got weird looks at the playground before, just wait until this movie is out and starts winning awards. There will be more unusual looks and, to be clear, I'm not talking about the Kate Winslet kind.

Man, if I said that I would be hung out to dry. There are some moms who would have gotten a kick out of it but then there are some in my neighborhood who would have taken out a full Frontal Assault on me, and I don’t mean in a good way! Cheers...

Thanks. It might be a while, though. In the last month, I've just added a new kid, a new PM job, and I've being hired to direct a children's play. I've almost lost all motivation for everything else.

Plus, I've lately become totally obsessed with the idea of launching a skeptic parenting web site that will attempt to debunk some of the hype directed at new parents- educational toys, parenting books, and all the other crap with pseudo-scientific untested claims that are sent our way.

I think my real problem is focus. :)

I have seen that, but I had forgotten about it. I should re-watch it for ideas. Thanks for the reminder.

And I'll just add that I completely agree that B.S. is really funny and provides good skeptical arguments to a lot of bunk. The only episode I didn't like was the one on second hand smoking because it seemed like they were wrong. But I can't tell if my own feelings about the subject were interfering with my reaction to the episode.

Yeah, I am sure that it is first season, and I think it is packaged together with the one on second hand smoke but I am not positive about that. I have been a fan of Penn and Teller since I was in high school, and I think that there success it terrific but boy when they have an axe to grind, STAND BACK!!