Who has that child for the rest of their life? who misses sleep from child being ill and rush them to dr? and"""WHERE ARE THE FATHERS?""""""So whos"s life changes ?
2007-05-05 05:22:46 · 8 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
This has been a big question for a long time. The bottom line is: The mother is the most powerful maternal figure in a child's life. She is the doctor, administrator of discipline, and all around chief cook and bottle washer.
As a man I know that our jobs are sometimes long and tiresome, but they sometimes don't compare to what a mom has to go through on a daily basis and hold down a job at the same time.
I learned to cook at an early age. I worked strange hours before I retired and there were times I would be coming home and my wife would be leaving for work. Sometimes it was the other way around. I always had a meal ready when she got home. Why should I be home and wait for her to finish working all day and then come home and cook?
We are all equal and, no, it doesn't make a woman any better than a man because she can have children. But it does make for a rougher life if she has no help. I never had a problem pitching in and I never will.
Let's not put one gender on a pedestal in place of the other here. Let's just put the blame where the blame should be.
2007-05-05 05:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by pj m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I chose to stay home with my two daughter and I don't regret it. I love my children so taking care of them day or night is not a burden. My husband works full time but he stayed home with me 4 weeks after my kids were born, we took turns waking up at night to feed our baby, he helps bathe, feed and care for our kids, He has also gone to many dr. appointments with the kids. When our youngest was 4 months old she developed asthmatic bronchitis and had to be given treatments with a nebulizer 3 -4 times daily and he came home from work and did the nighttime treatments. I could go on and on, but I'm just saying that the fathers life changes too. Of course there are dads who don't do anything and think that the mother should do everything, but not all dads are like that, and it's not fair to generalize.
2007-05-05 13:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a good family, the father is right there with the mother, taking equal part in the childcare.
My husband ALWAYS misses work if the kids are sick, and ALWAYS is the first to them if they wake during the night.
Who's life changes? In a good family, both the mother and father's life changes.
2007-05-05 12:33:22 · answer #3 · answered by mornnglry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The father SHOULD be with her. I don't know what's going on in your life but in mine- I am a happily married women who shares in missing sleep and I WANT to be the one to stay home with the children when they are sick or need to go to the doctor.
In my marriage we are equal- my husband does a lot of things I cannot do and I do the things that come naturally for me (think: breastfeeding!!).
We are lucky that we get to bond with our children in this way. That is what makes a mother so special.
2007-05-05 12:28:37 · answer #4 · answered by iampatsajak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Women are heroes in their motherhood and no man is equal to them. How can you diminish women to that of a man when it comes to nurturing a child? How can a man nurture a child like women can?
2007-05-05 12:34:17 · answer #5 · answered by Kalistrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know some fathers that were left with the children (the mother "ran off")
2007-05-05 13:08:53 · answer #6 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if that's the case then the mother must realize the child will ALWAYS be closer to her...but, if you have a great guy, he'll be there with the mother for all of those things
2007-05-05 12:30:45 · answer #7 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure do
2007-05-05 12:30:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋