young_glass
CNN article: "A Father's Day Wish: Dads, Wake the Hell Up!"
Posted on: 06/19/2011 10:50
A friend of mine posted this article recently. I'm not a parent yet but my husband and I have a lot of discussions about our possible future children.
It seems that many of the women I work with have these doofus husbands that think if they have to spend more than an hour alone with their kid(s), that is called "babysitting" and the wife should rush home as soon as possible to relieve them of this duty. It absolutely boggles my mind. And it makes me feel sad for those kids.
Here is the article:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/16/pearlman.fathers.day/index.html
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MikePaterson
Posted on: 06/19/2011 12:14
The most rewarding four years of my life were the four I "house husbanded" while my wife went through college: our wee daughter was two when I started and string school when we went back to a shared lifestyle.... but my daughter and I still have a wonderful close rapport.
From those years, I continue to be the principle cook... and we juggle chores around a bit depending what other pressures are on us. But my wife is very much the main launderer (I'm afraid I've proved myself insensitive to the special needs of different fabrics.)
And I can assure any skeptical dad, getting a domestic life is worth every moment of it! It makes everything more fun for everyone!
Beloved
Posted on: 06/21/2011 10:38
I so agree with the part where he writes . . . "Age 1 turns to age 3, which turns to age 7, which turns to 15 and 18 and 21, all in the blink of an eye." as I'm sure most people would whose children are grown and gone from home.
They are little, they are children, they are at home for such as short time. It is the little things (like the dad mentioned) that make the memories and set the stage for a close relationship between Dad (parent) and child.