Excerpts from the book

Chapter Three:

What's the Score?

So, who has it tougher in your house? Who's working harder? Who's giving up the most? When we become parents, domestic responsibilities explode. Financial pressures increase. The pace is relentless. Not surprisingly, we start to argue about the division of labour in our homes. Scorekeeping is an endless tit-for-tat war between husband and wife — an eternal debate over that most fundamental of all philosophical questions: "Who's doing bathtime tonight?"
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Chapter Four:

The "Sex Life" of New Parents

"Going for more than a week without sex is really, really tough." - Graham, married 8 years, 3 kids

"Three or four times a year would be about right." - Kendra, married 8 years, 3 kids

"After kids, everything changes...we're having sex about every three months. If I have sex, I know my quarterly estimated taxes must be due. And if its oral sex, I know it's time to renew my driver's licence." - Ray Romano, comedian and father of 4
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