Comments on: This Dad Says He Does Babysit His Children. Sometimes. https://citydadsgroup.com/dad-babysit-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dad-babysit-children Navigating Fatherhood Together Wed, 31 May 2017 16:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Kevin Zelenka https://citydadsgroup.com/dad-babysit-children/#comment-3651 Wed, 31 May 2017 16:46:35 +0000 http://citydadsgrpstg.wpengine.com/?p=668333#comment-3651 Although I understand what you are trying to say, I still don’t agree. Being a parent is far from being perfect. We all sometimes wish that we were hanging with the guys, rather than listening to our kids sing yet another song from their preschool program. Does it mean that we are any less of a parent?

Spending time in my chair playing a game on my ipad, rather than being on the floor playing trucks with my twins doesn’t make me a baby-sitter. It may make me a less -attentive father than maybe I should be at times, but i’m still a parent.

I’m still their parent.

You see a Mom at the park on her phone…or talking to another Mom….is she a baby-sitter?

While I agree that we don’t deserve to be put on a pedestal for doing something that all Men should be doing, I also don’t think that embracing the term “baby-sitter” for anyone who isn’t a glowing role-model every second of the day is the answer either.

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