I have been a stay at home father for over ten years. During those ten years I have had a lot of opportunity to give some thought to many aspects of not only fatherhood, but of how a family works, and even a bit on the subject of motherhood. Over time I have had to deal with other people's prejudice, fight against my own personality, and in may ways, change my entire world view. I have gone through all of this for one simple reason, I feel that fatherhood is a severely under represented and appreciated aspect to our society. While we heap accolades upon Mothers (and they deserve every bit of it) Father's get lost in the mix and this has harmed us more than I think anyone has taken the time to realize.
Father's play an important role in the development of children. If you don't believe this is true, look at the statistics for children who were raised without a father present. These statistics reflect that children without fathers are much more likely to become career criminals, seldom achieve a college degree, and earn less money than those who had a father in their life. This isn't something I make up to justify my decision, this is fact and it has been ignored for far to long.
The purpose of this blog is to combat the prejudice against father's who stay at home, find and report on information for all fathers, and to hopefully eventually act as a place father's can come to learn and share with one another. I realize that I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I feel I am ready for this and look forward to building this blog into a real tool for fatherhood.
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