: About Me

David M. Perkins has spent the past thirty years as a telecine colorist in the motion picture and television industry in Los Angeles. He is a writer, and a long time member of the Writers Guild of America, west. But mostly, he's a father and a husband.

His book, Dear Austin – A Letter To My Son" is available at his website, at Amazon, and at most major online booksellers.

He currently lives, with his wife and son, in Southern California and devotes much of his time to building and maintaining websites. You can learn more about him, and his writing, at http://www.davidmperkins.com or contact him by email at david@davidmperkins.com.

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood Potential parents: Lifestyle changes of parenthood

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I was completely unprepared. Absolutely clueless. Oh, I knew about the changes everyone talks about. I went to six weeks of parenting classes for expectant mothers and fathers, so I knew about the cabinets and the electrical outlets. I knew about the table corners, and the cleaning products, and the insecticides. I learned about care and feeding, and the changes that are better approached with the aid of a breathing apparatus. Hell, I could even perform infant CPR. Probably. External. All that stuff is external. Everyone tries to prepare you for the external stuff, like that's where the bi...

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