re: why millennial/gen Y dads are the best

FYI, according to the census records and birth rates:

Gen Y (ages 26 ~ 38) =\= Millennials (25~26 and under)

Baby boom: 1946 - 1964 (WWII - introduction of the Pill), about 72 million born.

Gen X: 1965 ~ 1978, significant decrease in birth rate.

Generation Y/MTV generation: 1978 ~ 1990/91, about 75 million born. Actually bigger than baby boomers generation.

Millennials: Born after the birth rate peaked/dropped below replacement level in 1990~91. People roughly 25-26 and younger, many of whom live with their parents, and don't have kids or own homes.

We're about to face some significant societal changes, in terms of the labor force and the economy as boomers retire. But baby boomers but don't really have enough money to retire per capital, there aren't enough middle aged professionals to replace them, or a reluctance to promote "younger" replacements (under 40), plus a much smaller millenial generation of college graduates unwilling/unable to buy houses, have children, do all those traditional things that define the American dream, and on which our society depends and functions.

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I never appreciated how awesome my dad was until I got older. Alot of yall had some shitty fathers.

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Me either. I use to think it was lame when he went to Dead shows when I was really young. Now he is what you would call a jazz fest dad. And it's awesome.

No, but it sounds like youre never gonna teach them to hunt or fish. Ya know, just in case

Spending time doing those things was far more valuable (and personable) than him sitting in the stands of my games, while an overgrown teenager screamed at me for being out of position

I had always heard Gen X went to 1980. Never heard it stopped at 1976. I was born in '78 so I guess I'm on the fringe of both, Gen X according to some sources, Millennial according to others.

My dad still works about 18 hours a day and multiple jobs and going on maybe 2-3 hours of sleep maybe, he was always at my baseball games growing up while on the way to work to his night shift job at FedEx. He didn't have to but that always meant a lot to me .

It's amazing how many OTers had worthless deadbeats for parents.

You must have witnessed visitation weekend.

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It is true. I have an 8 month old and I gave already changed more diapers than my dad did his entire life.

My mom said he had my oldest sister at home by himself once, and he called her telling her she needed to come home and change her diaper

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My wife's cousin had a baby 13 days after we did. Last week we were talking about something, and he didn't know what gripe water was.

It blew my mind how you could have an infant and not know bout something so common.

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It used to be unheard of for a father to be in the delivery room for example. Now you have men missing work/sports to be in there

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Weird, it was common amongst my peers

As a Gen Y dad of a little girl...

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activities the dads were interested in....fishing, hunting, sports, etc.

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I try to get her into doing all of those with me...and slowly she's warming up to sports and outdoors more

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bring my daughter to ballet practice

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Couldn't stand being trapped in a dance studio waiting room with a bunch of dance moms gossiping for an entire hour. Most of them should've considered putting themselves in dance class to burn off some calories.

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young dads bringing their kids to the zoo without the mom

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Because the zoo is cool...except for the middle of the summer (thats the time of year the aquarium is for)

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young dad last weekend shoe shopping with his little girl

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Because that young dad knows how to save money. If he lets mom take the little girl shoe shopping, odds are that mom is going to end up buying a few pairs for herself too.