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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry dads, I know many many of you are so amazing, but...

Everywhere I look I see helpless dads. Recently I was at a park with a small creek, and several kids had taken off their shoes to play. Upon leaving, one dad was helplessly asking his roughly 2.5 year old “Larlo, are these your shoes? Which ones are your shoes?” I was thinking- how in the world do you not know which shoes belong to your child?

Another example, I’m on a plane and there are two families each with two young kids. In each case, mom is stuck in a row with both kids while dad chills in the row behind. There is some switching off, but 90 percent of the flight, mom is doing all the work, largely by whenever there is a switch off, the kids beg for mom. Ok fine, the kids want mom and the plane is not the time to fight that, but even then...in one case, the exhausted mom was trying to get two young kids to sit down and buckle up, and she said in desperation to her spouse in the row behind “I need help!” to which he responded (with a tone) “What do you want me to do?”  I’m thinking - dude- it’s not even my kids and I could give your wife more support at this moment. Try some snacks, try some bribery, whip out some instagram filters, speak in an authoritative dad voice...I mean...try something for goodness sake- don’t just tap out and let your wife handle these screaming kids when she’s practically begging for your help.

I have seen so many occasions of helpless dads and it’s ridiculous.

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