Thursday, September 12, 2019

Let’s Retire the Trope of the Hapless Dad- David James Poissant

I had to dig back through UCF’s twitter page to find this article that I read back in June and really, really loved. David James Poissant recounts stories about going out with his two daughters and constantly getting unsolicited advice– “instruction framed as concern”. People assume that because he’s a man, he doesn’t know anything about taking care of kids. This isn’t uncommon in the slightest and the standards for dads are incredibly low. After all, WOMEN are the natural caregivers, not men… right? 

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