The name of this blog is a political statement about fatherhood. Regardless of the progress toward gender equality that has occurred over the last several decades, one stereotype persists and may be getting worse: moms are good parents and dads are incompetent boobs who sometimes babysit. Poppycock, I say. Or an excuse for dads who would like to be viewed as numskulls so that they don't have to parent their kids. Dads are parents too, and I know some who are very good at it.
I'm neither a stay-at-home dad nor do I work full time. I work part time, and I'm the primary parent for the foreseeable future. The primary competent parent, I hope it is not presumptuous to say.
3 comments:
Colin: "Can you grow up to be a dad? I want to be a dad when I grow up. Not a teacher, not a policeman, not a firefighter. Just a dad."
Neat photo to illustrate your haiku.
Colin,
If you play your cards right, you absolutely can. I'll tell you more when you're older.
Jeff
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