JULY 2010 - Work and Stay-at-Home Dad Writes About New Babies
CF Staff Report
Atlanta author Barack Levin, a prolific writer on parenting issues, has written a new book entitled "The Diaper Chronicles- A stay-at-home dad's quest for raising great kids."
Levin’s new page turner along with his highly trafficked web blog bust a variety of common parenting myths wide open, he believes. "I feel that we, parents, live with some unacceptable assumptions and misconceptions about raising kids, and I bust them all in this book"
"Once a kid comes into your life, there's no turning back, so you'd best get ready early, whether it's in nine months or nine years. I am eliminating the guesswork for parents everywhere.”
Levin’s story is also one of perseverance and a young father's dying wish to raise great kids. Levin (Israeli) was diagnosed at 26 with an irreversibly fatal kidney disease. Despite this grim prediction, he and his French wife, Michelle, decided to start a family. Knowing he was living on borrowed time, he decided to become a work/ stay-at-home dad and shoulder most of the responsibility of caring for his son for the first year of his life.
Levin continues to stay at home and raise his now two adorable children, a son, Eden who is 5 years of age, and daughter, Oriane who is 4.The experience of writing "The Diaper Chronicles" turned into something extremely meaningful, and provided valuable learning lessons. Lessons that despite his diagnosis, Levin believes will live on within happy, growing families everywhere.
"I believe I represent a growing new type of dads in America - fathers who are involved with their kids, empower and motivate them to become great children," continues Levin. "Such dads choose to reverse the traditional roles of fathers and mothers and invest their time in the education of their kids."
He writes about reading the body language of babies, raising a baby with a pet up through potty training. For first time parents, it’s a must read.
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