You're going to make the kid soft with all those occasional affirmational nods from accross the room.
Guilty, I'm working on it, sorry.
sigh same…
Yea. this is a big reason why I am not interested in having kids. I would be terrible at dealing with all that stuff because people getting emotional stresses me out and I don't know what to do to help. I am broken and and I don't want to inflict that on anyone else.
Therapy is hard, but amazing.
Therapy? And kids? In this economy?
Me too, it's big of you both to admit.
this is just like that time Jacob ruined the family vacation by getting sick
Oh Onion, we’ve been friends for more than a decade, but you simply must stop banging on the old stereotypes, it’s 2024 old chap .
I wish this was just an old stereotype (and for many men, it is) but you wouldn't believe how many men still come in my office with their family and their wives do all the paperwork and try to wrangle the kids while the dad plays on his phone and ignores them. I do see a lot more actively engaged dads but it's by no means universal, unfortunately.
old stereotypes
That's a mean thing to say about my dad.
So you're saying your Dad is Dolby or are we talkin CinemaScope?
At this point, he's the Bluetooth though a hearing aide type of guy.
I don't know if that counts as a stereo type.
Do you want to invite people to trauma dump? Because that’s how you invite people to trauma dump.
This comment is what I’m doing instead of trauma dumping (the self awareness makes it funny again!)
This is both my dad and my stepdad, as well as the dad of several people I know. Sadly, it is very much not outdated.
They should've said "tired" instead of "outdated", but otherwise I agree with them: The Onion should do better than basic stereotypes. I mean, unless there's some bad dad news I've missed that'd make the parody more timely and creative, but....
I’m not sure where you live, but I know plenty of guys who operate like this unfortunately. Parenting/caregiving is still deeply gendered and a lot of men do not equally share the burden, which also translates into more frustration when things “aren’t working” because they aren’t used to dealing with kids (in particular tantrums at any age, but broader emotional needs as well) as much as their partners generally are.
There has definitely been a lot of progress lately sure but we have a long way to go.
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