In the most recent of a long string of hobbies and obsessions to completely absorb the local fathers attention, friends and family reported Monday that Jacob Rossbach, 35, has been on a serious parenting jag lately. In the past few days, hes just been going nuts with the paternal encouragement and affection stuffhes really gotten into it lately, said daughter Jenny, 7, adding that while shes not sure what put the parenting bug in her dads ear, her father now spends nearly all his free time on activities such as doling out advice, providing material assistance, and imparting wisdom to his two children. A few minutes ago he stopped by my room just to tell me he was proud of me. Hes done that five times today. Its like, huh, guess hes going through a little nurturing-his-children phase or something. The sudden burst of commitment to his paternal duties reportedly replaces a fiscal responsibility kick that dominated the previous week and a half of Rossbachs life. 