Johner Images/GettyFor too many years, being a good father became just about showing up. Maybe that means changing a few diapers, playing catch now and then, or even taking your child to the new Disney movie. Instead of defining a good dad by comparing them with other fathers, we need to start comparing dads to all parents.
Our society and job culture force mothers to take days off work when kids are sick because companies think a dad’s job is too important for him to miss. While Sheryl Sandberg wants women to “lean in,” this is an impossible task without a supportive husband and workplace. For the first time in 10 years, and only a handful of times in our country’s history, more women are working than men. All this is happening while women are working a second full-time job as a mother.
I understand every household is different, and many great men treat parenting as a team effort, but too many times, we give dads the benefit of the doubt. When a man doesn’t show up to a PTA conference, a ballet recital or is too stern with his child, we write it off as he is busy with work or he is overly stressed; but when a woman demonstrates the same behavior, we characterize her as an uninvolved mother.
Women’s equality comes in many shapes and forms, but for men and women to become truly equal, it has to begin at home.
Thank you for publishing my article! It's time for us dads to step up our game.
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