Apparently, a number of fathers use the phrase, ‘babysitting my kids’ when referring to watching their children. Dads, do you use this phrase? Do you have a problem when people say this to you? Share your thoughts on The Larry O’Connor Show.
Dads, stop it with the we-don’t-babysit thing
People wear T-shirts declaring it. Blogs are written about it. I myself made a short video and several Facebook posts supporting it.
I’m talking about the “Dads Don’t Babysit” movement.
The main idea of the movement is simple — we shouldn’t say that a dad is babysitting his own children, because looking after your own kids is called parenting.
There doesn’t really seem like much to argue against that, so I guess we can all stop reading from here?
But wait just a minute. This movement is not as clear-cut as it may seem. In fact, I have a really, really big problem with it: I think it’s stupid. [Read More]
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