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why millennial/gen Y dads are the best
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:17 am
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:17 am
for the most part, gen X and baby boomer dads took no real part in their kids life. if they did it was only activities the dads were interested in....fishing, hunting, sports, etc. much different nowadays. i bring my daughter to ballet practice after work and i see other dads there. i see young dads bringing their kids to the zoo without the mom. i saw a young dad last weekend shoe shopping with his little girl.
school stuff, like parent teacher conferences...i remember as a kid only the moms showing up. same for birthday parties, only the moms would go and dads would stay home sittin on the couch. and before you say that your dad was fantastic and did all this stuff.....yes im sure your dad was awesome, but i'm talking about the majority here.
now make it rain with downvotes.
school stuff, like parent teacher conferences...i remember as a kid only the moms showing up. same for birthday parties, only the moms would go and dads would stay home sittin on the couch. and before you say that your dad was fantastic and did all this stuff.....yes im sure your dad was awesome, but i'm talking about the majority here.
now make it rain with downvotes.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 10:18 am
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:18 am to Honky Lips
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for the most part, gen X and baby boomer dads took no real part in their kids life. if they did it was only activities the dads were interested in.
I never appreciated how awesome my dad was until I got older. Alot of yall had some shitty fathers.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:19 am to Honky Lips
These generational battles are so tired.
People in the Old Testament were saying "Kids these days"
People in the Old Testament were saying "Kids these days"
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:20 am to Honky Lips
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school stuff, like parent teacher conferences...
I don't remember either one of my parents having to do a lot of these growing up. shite's way overplayed these days.
I like spending time with my kids, though.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:20 am to Honky Lips
Stereotype much?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:21 am to Swoopin
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These generational battles are so tired.
so much young person bashing on the OT i just wanted to say something positive
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:24 am to Honky Lips
That's because these days you queers are taking care of the kids while your old ladies are on tinder dates.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:26 am to Honky Lips
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for the most part, gen X and baby boomer dads took no real part in their kids life.
Why are you talking in the past tense in respect of Gen X parenting?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:26 am to Honky Lips
My dad wasn't around a lot when I was a kid due to work and travel. He retired at 48 years old when my sister and I both had moved out. He tells us all the time that missing a lot of our childhood was one of his biggest regrets and that he would work until 70 if it meant he got to go back and spend more time with us as kids.
It's pretty depressing and a big reason why I want to spend as much time as I can with my kids.
It's pretty depressing and a big reason why I want to spend as much time as I can with my kids.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:28 am to Honky Lips
nevermind. hurts too much.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 10:32 am
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:30 am to Honky Lips
All dads don't. My boy's 10 and it doesn't seem like many of the other dads do much besides being them to sports practice. They bitch about the team not winning more, they pull their boys to put them on another team...but damn they don't take them out in the yard and play with them much. The damn kids look like they haven't touched the ball since the last practice.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:30 am to Honky Lips
I'm 36, and both of my parents shared the responsibility of carting me to lessons, activities, conferences, etc. Maybe my experience was abnormal, since my mom was the breadwinner, but I don't recall my friends' fathers being absent at these things when we were kids.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:31 am to TheChosenOne
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and a big reason why I want to spend as much time as I can with my kids.
make sure he knows that you learned from his mistakes
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:31 am to link
I don't know which is worse.
quote:OR
my dad died in a car accident
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bringing my little brother to ballet practice.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:32 am to Honky Lips
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i bring my daughter to ballet practice after work and i see other dads there... i saw a young dad last weekend shoe shopping with his little girl.
Yes very inspiring how many LGBTQ dads are out there these days
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:32 am to Honky Lips
I find everything you said to be true fwiw
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:33 am to Honky Lips
“What you have to understand, is your father was your model for God.
If you're male and you're Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And if you never know your father, if your father bails out or dies or is never at home, what do you believe about God?
What you end up doing is you spend your life searching for a father and God.
What you have to consider is the possibility that God doesn't like you. Could be, God hates us. This is not the worst thing that can happen.”
Fight Club
If you're male and you're Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And if you never know your father, if your father bails out or dies or is never at home, what do you believe about God?
What you end up doing is you spend your life searching for a father and God.
What you have to consider is the possibility that God doesn't like you. Could be, God hates us. This is not the worst thing that can happen.”
Fight Club
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:34 am to Honky Lips
My dad lived in Dallas until I was around 13, but he still made special trips to come here and whip me with a belt if I was bad 
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:35 am to Honky Lips
It helps that there are no union jobs left to keep dads busy working long hours.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 10:37 am to soccerfüt
You definitely see men in places where you wouldn't see them a decade or two ago and they get hate for it here. Things like couples baby showers, gender reveal parties, and so forth are growing in popularity. People are focused on family more than previous generations. These old fricks I work with loved overtime more than their families and complain about the younger generation being fine with going home after 40. There is definitely a stereotypical pendulum swing about home time.
Not every family will be that way of course, but there is a noticeable difference in the generational attitude about family time.
My dad was one of the guys that spent too much time at work, he is retired now and it's one of his biggest regrets that he didn't help raise us more.
Not every family will be that way of course, but there is a noticeable difference in the generational attitude about family time.
My dad was one of the guys that spent too much time at work, he is retired now and it's one of his biggest regrets that he didn't help raise us more.
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