Whenever I watch my kids while my wife is away (sometimes for a whole week) all the women I run into all react like I, now, know how hard it is with kids. Actually, I find it a lot of fun and get annoyed that everyone thinks I can't handle it as well as my wife can.
Even today, I went to help with my son's kindergarten class and when it was time to leave the teacher asked if I was whipped. She didn't ask the other helper who was a mother if she was whipped.
Why does everyone seem to think taking care of kids is so hard?
2006-09-19 06:50:56 · 14 answers · asked by parkdad73 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
My husband looks after the kids everyday while I am at work, there should be more fathers out there that take an interest in looking after their kids on a day to day basis and then maybe the sterotype of dads "not being able to handle it" will stop. Looking after kids shouldn't be a chore it should be something that you love to do and enjoy. Good for you for being a great dad!! Your kids and your wife are as lucky as I am with my husband!!
2006-09-19 06:55:15 · answer #1 · answered by auzzimama 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because those people never had a REAL job. Taking care of kids is the closest you'll ever get to retirement!
I'll tell you that as a 40 hour a week employee and mother of 3 boys with a husband that travels m-f, that being an at home mom is the EASIEST job on the planet. They just want to brainwash you into thinking it's tough. Next time, say "yeah, I'm super whipped, can you come make dinner for me and wipe my @$$ I don't think I can handle that either!"
2006-09-19 13:56:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have thought about this too. My ex stayed at home with the kids for a while and he just didn't care if their hair was combed or they didn't change out of their pajamas... he thought it was fine.
I think women sometimes worry more about the small details, thereby making it harder for us (ME mostly I can't speak for all women) to handle the unpredictablilty of kids without getting a little stressed out.
I notice guys don't worry about little things so much... like how they are dressed or look or whether their hands are clean, face washed, etc...
That may take a lot of pressure off.
2006-09-19 13:55:16 · answer #3 · answered by Use my Yahoo! Avatar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is just the way that we have always looked at children. It always have been that women handle children better. We forget that some men can take care of child just as good. As for taking care of child, it can be hard. I have a child and at times it is hard. With the worries and such not. At times my child can be a handful but I wouldn't change it. Mainly cause there are more times that my child brightened my day and made me laugh then times that I just want to pull my hair out. She is the best thing to happen to me. Just know that your are setting a example for other men and going outside the norm. With that it is going to take time for people to realize that men can be just as good with the kids as women.
2006-09-19 14:03:13 · answer #4 · answered by sscott12414 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it is HARD it's harder if your kids have issues. My son is autistic my daughter adhd and bi polar they are not the best bunch to handle. They both have to be WATCHED super close and are very draining. Maybe your kids are just not as hard as most. A few days or even a week is A LOT DIFFRENT THEN 365 days a year 24 hours a day everyday! it takes a toll.
2006-09-19 13:54:36 · answer #5 · answered by ally'smom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for one thing there are a lot of fathers that do not help with the children at home or anywhere else, it is good that you do. children act differently when they are with different people. they may be intimidated with you even though you have fun with them i think it is just being a father figure. as far as the teacher is concerned i don't think that she should have said that to at all it was not professional or appropriate. for some women though it is very hard only bc the kids can act a lot worse with the mother or they may not have any help with them at all for the disciplinary end of it
2006-09-19 14:01:46 · answer #6 · answered by treys girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a good question. I don't think men taking care of kids will ever see it the way women taking care of kids do. We're just wired different. Men think it's fun, women think it's work. I don't know why.
2006-09-19 13:59:17 · answer #7 · answered by porkchop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It honestly can be, but it depends on how the child(ren) in question act and react towards the person watching them. If you do no twatch them on a regualar basis, they may act better with you tan their mother because they are around them all the time...I don't really know how to explain it any other way.
2006-09-19 13:53:40 · answer #8 · answered by Memigen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I commend you, but do it 24/7 and see. When almost all of your interaction is with baby talk, it takes a toll. You know your wife is coming back and taking over. Its not your full time job as it is most wives'.
2006-09-19 13:54:21 · answer #9 · answered by JC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because most woman have these things called husbands, olemen, boyfriends and their babys daddies to deal with on top of child rearing, you just have the kids to deal with thats why
2006-09-19 14:11:28 · answer #10 · answered by poconewyorkwanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋