Laughter and scattered words seep from the van, exaggerated when Roussell yanks open the driver's side door and slides in.
Small heads turn, words fly but nothing much happens.
After a moment of stillness, Roussell automatically unclips his belt, jacks the door open, steps from the van and slides open the back door. Kate wiggles between her father and sister, squealing with the commotion. David makes his body limp and slides from the carpeted bench-seat onto the floor of the van. Two minutes later Roussell pulls away from the curb, all three children buckled safely in their seats. According to Peter Baylies, president of the At-Home Dad Network in Andover, Mass., approximately two million men across America live like Roussell, acting as their children's primary caregiver.