Holy crap. A parenting magazine actually *gets it.* I have spent a great deal of time in this space expressing my irritation and bafflement about the fact that parenting magazines appear to have a not-entirely-hidden agenda of promoting parenting by women alone. So you can imagine my surprise when I opened this month's Parents and found a story titled "Daddy Power."
It is, rather concisely, a list of the ways dads often do things differently, and how this benefits the children. Kyle Pruett is quoted throughout, and the whole article is steeped in the findings of Pruett's Fatherneed. It's almost like a Cliff's Notes for one of the most thoughtful looks at fathering ever written. Amazing. And I'm all the more amazed because Pruett -- and the author of the piece -- present fathering as crucial to a child's development, not just a hobby for guys who want to be a little more family-centric. So, wow. Nice job, Parents. Now please fix your "Dads" page, which gets weaker and weaker every month.
Speaking of amazing: There are already five guys who used the wiki to confirm their spot at the RebelDad convention-time gathering. (I need a better name for the event. The RebelDad Roundup? The Blog Bar Hop?) If you want to sign up, just visit rebeldad.wikispaces.org and follow the instructions.
It is, rather concisely, a list of the ways dads often do things differently, and how this benefits the children. Kyle Pruett is quoted throughout, and the whole article is steeped in the findings of Pruett's Fatherneed. It's almost like a Cliff's Notes for one of the most thoughtful looks at fathering ever written. Amazing. And I'm all the more amazed because Pruett -- and the author of the piece -- present fathering as crucial to a child's development, not just a hobby for guys who want to be a little more family-centric. So, wow. Nice job, Parents. Now please fix your "Dads" page, which gets weaker and weaker every month.
Speaking of amazing: There are already five guys who used the wiki to confirm their spot at the RebelDad convention-time gathering. (I need a better name for the event. The RebelDad Roundup? The Blog Bar Hop?) If you want to sign up, just visit rebeldad.wikispaces.org and follow the instructions.
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