Double "O" Dads

Should a dad bring his work home or create separate worlds. Such is the premise of the just announced NBC show, "My Own Worst Enemy," starring Christian Slater — real life daddy with an ex-wife to Jaden Zach Haddon-Slater, 9, and and Eliana Sophia Slater, 5 — and set to debut with the Fall 2008 season. Slater will live two half lives (international spy and suburban dad) in one body and whether either will be a quality father will undoubtedly be determined by the Nielsen families.

For a look at what happens in real life, consider Oded Gur-Arie's "The Champagne Spy," a documentary about his father, Ze'ev, an Israeli spy who was gone from the family for months at a time living the high life pretense of an ex-Nazi in Egypt. he was doing something bigger than one family ... and his son got a movie out of it. But, on balance, what's a father to do?

** Every child imagines their father with a secret life, but usually only for a positive impact on his or her own life. **