Dad’s are in a very tough place right not and it’s really not fair.
In the 50s, 60s and 70s dads in America knew their place and their job. It was pretty black and white, even on tv. Dad’s were the bread winners, the wise men with a steady hand. Their job was to support the family. Look at tv dads from that era. Leave it to Beaver had Ward, there was Andy Griffith, in the 70s Mike Brady was the voice of reason and a money making architect and Howard Cunningham on Happy Days was steadfast rock the family could count on.
Now tv fathers are bumbling idiots. they are laughable in their ineptness. The dads in Modern Family, Blackish and Fresh Off The Boat are morons and mom always has to clean up their mess.And dads today are expected to be kind of metro-sexual pansies in order to be effective caring parents. Well that’s not fair.
It’s true, studies and my life experience have show a woman’s work day is on average three hours longer than a dad’s because after we get home we do the majority of the cooking, cleaning and child care. But those numbers are shifting. Now that I work and Alex stays home there has been a 100 percent flip in our house and I have to be careful that I don’t over look his hard work.
Today is Father’s Day. Appreciate the dad and husband he is. Moms need to stop allowing the kids to be disrespectful to their dads. Make your girls stop their eye rolling. Maybe your dad doesn’t know much about texting or PMs on facebook, but he knows other stuff, that’s a lot more valuable.
Don’t get mad at him when he’s trying to protect you. He’s only doing that because he loves you so much. And an over protective dad is a whole lot better than one that’s not there or simply doesn’t care.
Listen to your dad, and watch what he does. Men sometimes speak a different language. They may not say “I love you” all the time but they show up in the middle of the night to change flat tires and they sit through endless band concerts.
Today, give the old man a break, a hug and let him have the tv clicker all day long.