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"It was all his own idea," says Pat, the wife of California high school football coach Bob Peters. Bob
had  1  made a "motherhood contract(合同)"-declaring that for 70 days this summer he would  2  the
care of their four children and all the housework.  3  he didn't even know how to make coffee when he
sighed, he was very confident.
After40 of the 70 days, he was ready to  4  . " I was beaten down," admits Bob. "Not only is motherhood
a  5  task, it is an impossible job for any normal human being."
Bob and Pat were married in 1991. After the married, Pat  6  a secretary to help put him through
university.  7  Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids.  8  two years ago Pat went back
to work. " I had been  9  children so much," she 10 , "I couldn't talk to a grown-up." She continued to run
the household, 11 - until Bob sighed the contract.
Bob tried hard to learn cooking, but the meals he prepared were 12 . For the last three weeks, the family
 13  a lot-sometimes having MacDonald's hamburgers for lunch and dinner. 14  housekeeping, a home
economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean 15 the bed is made. " I found 16 -I shut the
doors," he says. Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out. "When we went to 17 Pat at work, I made
them wear their shirts 18  side out so they would look clean."
Now that Bob has publicly 19 he was wrong, he is 20  the child-raising and household tasks with Pat.

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