Monday, April 29, 2013

Bad Dad or Bad Rap?








The ad was offensive and I was offended.  I expect more from myself as a father, and I expect more from my kids as parents.  There's nothing that women can't do as mothers, besides giving birth, that I can't do as a father.  If you believe that love and financial support is enough for your father or yourself as a father, or your children's father to provide, then you are part of the problem.  I, myself, am more involved.  I support my kids in school, help them with their homework, I can hem a pair of pants, cook a delicious meal, teach them to work on cars, and more.  I am everything that my children need, without the gender bias of determining whether something is the "mother's job" or the "father's job".  I am the parent to my children that I always wanted for myself, not the stereotypical father mold that media has assumed I will settle for.

I Am Ra, Mold-Breaker.

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