[twitter]Today’s Parent Magazine, not Today’s Mom, Today’s Woman, Today’s PARENT dropped the above on Twitter and Facebook today.
I’m so over it.
Dads are involved. We care, we do, we love, we parent.
Tonight I picked the boys up from school and was first to arrive at a parent teacher interview. Then I made dinner, tomorrow we’ll all clean the house, I’ll take the boys grocery shopping, then Jen will take them to birthday parties, and we’ll ride bikes, and go on hikes.
I won’t do all of it, Jen won’t do all of it, WE WILL DO ALL OF IT. Because parenting is a team sport. It’s damn exhausting, but that exhaustion and lack of a real weekend is not exclusive to moms – dads feel it too.
You know why? BECAUSE WE’RE PARENTS.
It’s a shame a publication with a title like Today’s PARENT Magazine plays to lowest common denominator click bait instead of raising the bar. Let me guess: moms like wine, pinterest, and their husband is just another child they have to look after? Hardy har har.
It’s time to appreciate dads are parents too.