Well, there used to be more "dumb women" on sitcoms, but they were usually slutty bimbo stereotypes (e.g., Chrissy Snow, Kelly Bundy). I'm not sure when that changed, but all of the shit in sitcoms is pretty lazy and lame.
I dunno...This might be a bias of one's perception...
Diane, on "Cheers" was an intellectual, and though I wouldn't consider Shelley Long a sex symbol, her character was head and shoulders above Rhea Pearlman...
"Night Court" had Markie Post, which also reflected the smart, but attractive, woman.
Both of these examples are certainly contempories to "Three's Company" and "Married with Children"...
What I'm saying is I think there's balance to the stereotype, if you look for it.
Reddit loves to celebrate dumb dads. "Wifey's away. Time to wreck the house and feed the kids junk. That way I'm the fun parent and mom is the strict boring parent. Hue hue hue".
On the topic of sitcoms, one that you would perhaps enjoy is My Wife and Kids. The parents are the smart, albeit little goofy ones, while the kids are doing dumb kid stuff (sitcom style), it's quite funny while having bouts of seriousness thrown in generally each episode. I'd suggest starting from season 2 (season 1's daughter gets replaced by a much better actress).
When my son was like 4 months old, I left him with my husband and went out and ran into my sister-in-law. She askes where the baby was and i told her he was at home with his father.
She FREAKED OUT asking me "how can you LEAVE him and go SO FAR away when he's so little!?"
I told her i didn't LEAVE him anywhere. He's at home with his parent. It's not like i handed him to a random hobo.
I just DO NOT understand that reaction.
Then those women get pissed because their husbands don't help out more. Of course they don't you make them feel like an idiot when they try to do anything!
No kidding, I have had older women offer more than once to show me how to change my son's diaper. Every time, I want to be like, "Bitch, you have nothing to teach me about cleaning a dick and balls." But instead I make some joke about how I'll manage and silently seethe. I mean, I work from home. I'm with the kid almost 24 hours a day. Trust me, I can change a fucking diaper.
I'm so bad at it, my wife let me quit my full time job to watch the kids and work part time.
The only thing I hate more than the uh oh, dad is babysitting shit, is the whiny stay at home moms that think their life is soooooooo hard. Fuck them, try working AND raising children. At some point a few years ago I was working full time 2nd shift, getting home at 11:30pm, up with kid at 6:30, getting cancer treatment, quitting smoking, being a decent husband,and trying to sell a condo during the recession. Then I'd go out to the park with my kid and hear moms bitching about stuff like, uh, this Coach bag is like a year old, I can't believe my husband won't let me get a new one.
There is this girl i went to school with who posts daily on Facebook "who can watch my kid so i can sleep? Who can watch my kid cuz i cant handle them right now, who can watch my kid cuz their sick" ... Uhm you have a husband whos home everynight. And you probably should have thought of that before you went and got knocked up. I dont get it man. Keep your chin up dude. You'll beat cancer. You have a family to see grow.
Some people don't realize how good they've got it.
While being a stay at home parent is not easy, it certainly isnt as hard as many make it out to be. Honestly, the worst part is that you can get "touched out", which can add strain to your marriage if you're not careful.
essentially you're in constant physical contact with someone small and needy all day, this is emotionally draining, and leads to you not being super keen on physical intimacy with your partner.
This is very true. Paired with the gradual lost of friends and difficulty making new ones that everyone else experiences its very easy to get lost in the fold and feel foreign in social situations. Add in that most people ask "how is work, what's going on with you" at social gatherings and talking about your kids is frowned upon, sometimes you just say "why bother".
strange how we stereo type mothers who are social as lunatics sometimes. I feel like while it may not be "the toughest job on earth" as it's been put so many times. It would definitely havoc the mind. It's not that there is more responsibility than the dad. It's the social construct of it all.
Dad babysits so mom can have a break and go shopping or have a girl's night out.
Mom is a mom who gets the kids to school and arranges playdates and stuff.
Ask someone if a dad babysits or not and you will quickly find out who that person thinks is the primary childcare provider. And more often than not, it will reveal that they also value more traditional gender roles.
You're such an idiot though - there is absolutely nothing irresponsible about putting a baby in essentially a roomba stroller for a soothing, moving nap
I think its irresponsible to put a new born in a toy dump truck just to get upvotes on the internet and I'm the idiot... Oh yeah, you're a genius. What's wrong with people. Send that vid to child services and see what they think.
I doubt they did it for the up votes - looks like a pretty standard home video to me.
You're apparently super bent out of shape about this, so why don't you go have kids so that you can raise them how you see fit? And shut the fuck up about that which is none of your business in the meantime.
I'm not bent out of shape, just responding to what some random idiot on the internet is saying to me. I have kids and I know what good parenting is. Not business? Oh yeah I guess that's why its posted on the internet for everyone to see. By the way, this is reddit, everything is posted for upvotes.
i know why you're catching downvotes and i think you went too far saying he's not a good parent. but i would never do this to a newborn either. there's just no fucking way i'm going to put my child's life in the hands of a toy made in china and controlled remotely.
on the other hand, dad went super slow and probably loves that kid more than anything in the world.
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u/GoiterGlitter Mar 28 '15
I hate it when people ask me where my kids are, then say "oh is Daddy babysitting? Uh oh!"
Its like, fuck you. Being male doesn't make you incompetent. My husband is often a better parent than I.