Mr. Mom?

When thrust into the role of stay-at-home dad, one husband has to make peace with his masculinity—and the new dynamic in his marriage.

Mitch Newman, 46, and his wife, Wendy, 41, had an incredible fantasy of how raising kids would be. Then reality struck. “It wasn’t like the stories I’d see on Oprah, where dads just loved being home all day with their kids,” says Mitch. “I personally don’t believe men are wired to be stay-at-home dads.” Or, he concedes, maybe it’s his lack of planning and clear boundaries that made things more difficult for him in the beginning.

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