By Anthony Yeo, Life Lines

I was a homemaker for a year when my oldest son was three years old.

It was my sabbatical year in the United States back then. I had plenty of time at home while my wife was working as a registered nurse in the city's hospital. So I ended up as a stay-home dad.

For a while, the idea seemed novel and simple enough. At least that was what I thought until I found out that being with an active three-year-old for much of the day was not as predictable and controlled as I had anticipated.

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