Moms Make Lousy Dads

IntellectualConservative.com ^ | April 26, 2005 | Burt Prelutsky

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Funny, informative Op/Ed piece from a conservative site. Enjoy. :)

[little jeremiah]

ping to self for later pingout.

[GrandEagle]

Yes folks, God knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he gave us both an Mother AND a Father.
Regards,
GE

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Wonderful article! Spot on - spot freakin on!

[pa mom]

My sons attend a boys' school and last night the school presented a program by a speaker who emphasized the importance of fathers in kids' (and grown men's) lives.

They then followed up with a father/son interactive period, in which they discussed their childhood, experiences as teens, etc.

Hope this interest in fathers spreads!

[RockinRight]

I like women with spunk-an occasional swear word doesn't bother me, and I dig a woman that can handle a gun. But she's still Mom if she has kids, not Dad.

[Capriole]

Well, this is all true--there's no disputing it--but it makes sad reading for me. I try to be both mother and father to my little son by taking him fishing and camping, teaching him about guns, encouraging him to take risks instead of being like most timid, worried mothers, putting him on horseback, etc. But the truth is I can't be a father. No woman can. Boys learn how to be men from men, and one of the great problems in our society is that too many boys don't have a father in the house to teach them what manhood means.

[Pappy Smear]

A buddy of mine just got divorced-she dumped him-she is a psycho corporate wench. But anyway, now that they are living apart, all the mechanical issues of house ownership are popping up, and she still has the gall to call him up for help.

He offered this one when she called to ask why the lawn mower wouldn't start. He told her she could test the motor, by pulling off the little wire on the spark plug, hold on the end of the wire, and then simultaneously give a tug on the pull cord/handle. Tee hee.

[Pillows]

Moms Make Lousy Dads

What do dads do?

[razoroccam]

Till my wife learns to NOT read instructions, get lost and still drive fast while appearing supremely confident, indulge unashamedly in bodily functions, dismantle and put together almost any mechanical instrument, pick up our 8 year old and throw him squealing with delight into the air, she ain't matching me.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Boys learn how to be men from men, and one of the great problems in our society is that too many boys don't have a father in the house to teach them what manhood means."

Do you have any brothers? Would you feel comfortable signing your son up for Big Brothers if that's available to you? Is there a Grandpa in the picture? You do have options.

I was blessed to have my boys (one son, two nephews that we raised) have a big extended family with lots of uncles, as well as them having their Dads in their lives.

I don't agree that it has to be their blood-Daddy, but boys do need men in their lives. And it can be even worse for us girls! If we don't have a Dad that thinks the Sun rises and the Moon sets on us...we WILL go looking for that love in all the wrong places.

I agree with the poster that said God designed us this way for a reason, but there's no reason NOT to give our kids male/female based families as best we can when circumstance takes the original option away from us.

[PigRigger]

Goes a long way in explaining the problems we see in the black community today. Over 60% of black children are raised by single mothers; from birth they are thrown a curve that will affect them for life.

I cringe when I meet a single parent with their children. Even in the most loving of households the children have already fallen behind.

This is where the the left doesn't get it (that is why I consider them naive and ignorant). If one really cared about children they would start by supporting the family unit headed by a farther and a mother. It would go a very long way in resolving a lot of problems we see in society today.

However, the left continues to preach equality for families that are not equal in their ability to nurture and provide for a child's needs. Again, they are on the wrong side of history. Unfortunately, being wrong continues the perpetual cycle of poverty and antisocial behavior.

[kx9088]

...he gave us both an Mother AND a Father.

Each in a different gender form rather than the same!!

[Hatteras]

"Some of those things, such as throwing a football forty yards in a perfect spiral or crushing a beer can on their forehead, aren’t all that essential."

Maybe not, but peeing while standing up at a urinal, fishing, learning how to cook a perfect steak on the grill, building stuff with power tools and driving 16-penny nails, building a campfire and getting to your destination without wasting time reading a steenkin' map are certainly essential and only something dads can teach a son.

I was going to add burping the alphabet, but I do know some women that could teach that as well...

[SuziQ]

However, when it comes to rearing male children, we’d all probably be better off if the ladies simply dropped the kids off in the woods for wolves to raise.

Blunt, but true!

[jess35]

They make lousy moms.

[SweetCaroline]

Boys learn how to be men from men, and one of the great problems in our society is that too many boys don't have a father in the house to teach them what manhood means.

SO TRUE!!....That's why after my divorce, my daughter and I , trying to raise my youngest son (5 at the time) for six months decided he would be better off with his father and older brother. We missed him terribly, but that is what was best for him.

[banker]

I like the article, but as a dad, blessed with both a son & a daughter, I'll make the argument that little girls need dads just as badly. If for no other reason than to know how she can be expected to be treated by the future men in her life.

[Pillows]

Ok.....that's one negative.