He and his wife have a son in the second grade, a daughter in kindergarten and are expecting a third child soon. Sometimes, his mornings are spent in class with his daughter. He regularly helps out at her school as a volunteer with Educating Children for Parenting, a local nonprofit organization. As part of the ECP program, which trains teachers in how to promote child-care and nurturing skills, Stallings and his wife recently visited their son's class at the Mann School, at 54th Street and Berks Avenue in West Philadelphia. Stallings explained what it is like to expect a baby, how this affects his other children, how he feels about his children, and other facts about his family life.
Fatherhood is a learning experience.
From the time I had my first son, Preston, I learned as I went along. We just try to do a lot together, talk a lot. This way, we try to figure everything out. At 10 a.m., a mother and her infant arrive at Bache-Martin Public School in Fairmount. He and his mother are the topic of today's lesson.