[KatiesEd-dad]

Originally Posted by melissa_bear003

Stormster posted an interesting quiz about child safety. One of the correct answers is to teach your child to approach a woman if lost...and gives some interesting reasoning for it. Women are more likely to commit to the child, etc.

This bothers me tremendously.

I've seen, time and again, the bias against fathers in our society. Our eldest dd, 'Diva' has invited friends over, and been asked if Mommy or Daddy is home...and if its just Daddy, no go.

The idea that a woman is more likely to tend to a lost child than a man is insulting to me. My husband (and I'm sure he's one of many) would do everything and anything to tend to a child, ensure their safety. This is the same guy that carried a barefoot child neighbour home from the park because of the broken glass.

We've come a long way in terms of gender equality and equal rights in the work place, under law, etc. When are fathers finally going to be recognized as being equal parents?

Personally, I'm really tired of the media portraying fathers as being a clueless parent, a walking wallet that goes to work, comes home, and doesn't have a clue about his children. Good hearted, but dumb. Think Homer, for example.

I'm tired of my husband being looked at with suspicion, simply because he has a penis. He's had ppl assume he's a single Dad at the park...because he was there. Everyone knows that MOM takes kids to the park, not the Dad, unless its visitation, right?

I'm just really tired of the mentality that a dad can't be as good a parent as a mom. I've heard friends fret about how their dh will 'manage' the kids if they go to work pt, or out for an evening. He's the DAD. Why should there be a concern? I mean, does he worry about how you'll manage when he goes to work/out? I ask that, and usually hear that my dh is an oddity, not the norm.

And I wonder why.

Amen, sister! Thanks for the props from us Dads.