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Dads Need To Be More Involved.
I don't know what it is with men and thinking that they are doing the mother a favor by watching their kids. It takes two to make a child and the responsibility should be equal.
 curious  24 Apr 2008 03:21
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Motherhood is much more natural for most women. Because most of us learn through our mothers. The percentages of good fathers is not where it should be. Why? Maturity levels, sneaky behaviors, and selfishness. Slowly the margin is moving in the right direction closing this gap. But many factors play into why so many DaDs can't be as successful. Having a good father who would give the son an ability to learn from. Many men are too young to have kids.(twenties opposed to thirties) Issues with work, laborers drink. They come home exhausted physically fatigued and drink to stay awake. It turns into a nightmare.

But I am optimistic that the number of good dads opposed to bad dads will improve. Because children are very happy and secure when their dad shows love and support.
 
 cdee12120  01 Mar 2009 14:28
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Yes. If everyone had a good dad, the world would surely be better off.
 
 Scorpion  18 Jul 2008 00:28
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 Operative word is good.;-)
Parenting skills are passed on down generations. There isn't much hope of that if there is an absent father and no father figure t(roll model) to go by...;-)
by  keepmindok
 01 Oct 2008 15:52
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Unfortunately, in our culture, it is still considered slightly “unmanly” to be heavily involved with your children What a pity …
My dad was very unusual. In the 1950s to 1970, he helped his full-time worker wife with at least 50% of the household chores -- including raising his three girls.
When I think of my young childhood, it is Dad, not Mom, whom I envision. He bathed us, sang lullabies, took us to the library, spent every vacation with us. Was I in for a big shock when I became an adult and found out ALL dads didn’t act this way!
In the Third World, you see dads hauling around babies and toddlers, with a beatific expression on their faces. Clearly, the care of young kids is not “women’s work.”
Lack of paternal involvement has become a chief reason for our culture’s boys’ inability to become good citizens.
 
 chispa  30 Apr 2008 22:10
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 That's interesting, where I am from, you are less than a man for not
being as involved as you should be.
by  Bacchus
 30 Apr 2008 22:15
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So true. My dad isn't near as involved with me and my bro as my mom is.
 
 celva_olva  29 Apr 2008 02:20
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I don't think Dads need to be more involved. Dads need to be EQUALLY involved.
 
 Snipex  24 Apr 2008 17:41
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I magree w/ you because my dad is always over at his friends house and never home to be w/ me or my littler brothers and my mom feels like a single parent! So i think that dads should get more involved!
 
 HuntinGurl  24 Apr 2008 03:35
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