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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised by the posts criticizing you. He sounds like a mediocre father to me. It's nice he does the minimum,[b] but I don't think it's asking too much to expect more.[/b] I don't think the "traditions" stuff or researching parenting topics is important, but you saying he never seeks out opportunities to do things with the kids suggests he's not very engaged or invested. Leaving him alone with the kids might help.[/quote]

Like what?  Read parenting books?  Discipline the same exact way as OP (maybe her DH thinks she is unreasonable in her discipline).  And to your other point, the OP listed out a bunch of things that DH is ALREADY doing (bed/bath/sports/feed them) - could he do more?  sure!  But don't say he's not engaged.  GFAFB.[/quote]

I don't know.  Showing up to eat the dinner that his wife has prepared seems like a pretty reasonable thing to ask.  
And I know that I would be lost without my husband helping to discipline the kids.  It's hard to be BOTH warm and fuzzy and a strong disciplinarian.  The kids know that they can't talk back to me, or they will have the wrath of DAD.  Getting it from mom just isn't the same.

TBH, he sounds like a fine dad, but a crappy husband.  
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