More Father Looking to Balance, Work and Family As fathers across the state were celebrated on Sunday for being great dads, a replacement study on fatherhood shows that an increasing number of men are seeking alternatives to a standard 40-hour workweek so as to spend longer with their kids. Take Michael Sherman, 38, who last year removed of his law offices in Mobile, Ala., and into a headquarters, cut his workload and hours by quite half and began homeschooling his four kids, ages 2 to 12. Sherman said he was feeling burned out by his divorce and family practice. His stressful workload, including the very fact that his oldest child was in secondary school and before he knew it his kids would be off to high school then college, prompted the change. “Time was flying by,” he said. Jason Chupick, media director for PR firm Crenshaw Communications in NY, also wanted to form sure he had time for his 2-year old son. So when he found a replacement job, he chose an employe...
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