“Happy Father’s Day, DAD,” proclaims the outside of the card, which depicts a neatly arranged toolshed, complete with paint cans in appealing shades of orange. And while dads’ new-and-improved parenting skills have been helping to change cultural stereotypes, perhaps they’re getting too much credit. Dads are still (thought to be) learning — or the fact that a dad’s actually pushing the stroller is a ‘great thing.’”Ironically, it was the “new fatherhood” movement that arose in the U.S. in the 1960s that lowered the bar for dads. The movement’s ostensible aim was to get dads to spend more time nurturing their children. While dads’ new-and-improved parenting skills have been helping to change cultural stereotypes, perhaps they’re getting too much credit.

Source: National Post June 13, 2019 19:18 UTC