Where I’m From, We Call Our Fathers Daddy

A touching read
thanx Rob

That truly is an inspiring piece. You don't have to be religious to appreciate the message.

I'm pretty sure half of that stuff is illegal nowadays.

Where I come from, We know who our Daddies are...

"I'm pretty sure half of that stuff is illegal nowadays.

Posted by: Mike McCormick at September 10, 2012 12:13 PM "

It is illegal only in the minds of metrosexuals and leftards.Real men scare them.I made mistakes with raising my two daughters,40 and 36 know.But they still call me daddy.It is not embarrasing.And the greatest thing they can call me.And my grandson calls me grand daddy,as do my 4 grandduaghters.They are my everything,and give me and their mom the greatest gift of all,their love.I have been called wierd when walking hand in hand with my oldest.No.I am not wierd,I am one lucky SOB,and this gal and her dad have something few of us do,the love of their children.

'Great read.

'Common sense, which is as rare as hen's teeth these days. This is why I stayed home with my kids at great financial sacrifice to our family. OTOH, my kids never had to be hauled to a babysitter or pre-kinder class when they were sick, there was always someone home after school not just for my own kids but for single-parent kids, there was always someone home to help with homework and do volunteer work at church and school.

It's clear to me, as a teacher who teaches in many different classrooms, that the #1 problem in our schools, where too many students find it difficult to learn, is neglected children. In most cases, it's benign neglect, parents just too busy with their careers/jobs to spend time with their kids -- but, it's neglect just the same.

As this article points out, kids don't bring themselves up: parents do. If parents aren't there, kids are on their own. We know what kind of society this produces.

batb, absent the parents, don't teachers end up raising our children? Not to poke you with the same stick, but that kinda freaks me out.

Posted by: Justthinkin at September 10, 2012 2:13 PM

...I am one lucky SOB...

Give your mother some respect.

Where I’m From, We Call Our Fathers Daddy

And/or brother.

Daddy, father, dad are all appropriate terms. Some even use first names to address each other, although I do not think this appropriate.

A family that has a mother and a father who stick together for life through the ups and downs that do happen, and loving discipline with a moral consistency, usually end up with good moral citizens.

It is sad to see the results coming out of broken homes these days. This can not be good for the nation in the long run.

Robert of Penticton, teachers better not be bringing up our children -- even though here in Ontario some of the idiot "education" bureaucrats talk about "co-parenting." A teacher's job is to teach.

The big unions like to think that teachers can replace parents -- there's a lot of money, perks, and power to be had in pretending that they're bringing up the kids because the parents can't or won't -- but nothing, no one, no how can take the place of a child's mother and father.

It's too bad the feminazis did a number on motherhood, saying that a woman's job is not in the home -- but outside, in order to make money so women can be "equal" financially to men which, in their pea-sized, perverted brains, translates into power.

I'm not sure you're poking me with the same stick, as I'm not sure what stick you're poking me with in the first place. Children need attention, guidance, discipline, and most of all love from their parents; no teacher can give her/his students the kind of focused attention a parent can -- and should -- give to their child/ren and, when it comes to loving, what teacher can take the place of a parent?

A good find, that. Thanks for posting the link, where I am sure there will be more good stuff.

It reminds me of my father, and of what kind of man I am trying to be.

My Dad was such a man. I miss him every day.

Justthinkin's story nearly exactly parallels my own. With one exception. My two daughters now 37 and 40, became such at ages 7 and 10.

I was determined that I be that proper example of traditional male parent who guides and protects while respecting their own femininity and individuality.

My greatest reward has been their willingness to fully accept me, first as Daddy and now as Dad. And now mhy grandson knows me only as his 'Poppa'.

On those occasions when I've lamented that the kids were not born of me, my wife is kind enough to remind me that while any man can father a child, not every man will do what they must in order to be a Dad.

God bless you, No Guff. I had a stepfather who was never "Dad" or "Daddy" to me. My Daddy was an exceptional guy, not easy, a real character, but he didn't live with us. Nevertheless, he had a heart for his biological children that my stepdad never did.

Your girls are blessed because it sounds as though you have a heart for them and their welfare. Your love and devotion are rare.

The new normal, Man marries has two kids then divorces and marries a woman with two kids.
he raises the other guys kids while some other guy raises his kids.
His kids call him Dad but he's not there and isn't really their Dad anymore, his step-kids call him by his first name he's not their Dad either. His kids do the same and if Dad and Mom don't get remarried then they become Uncle whatshisname or Aunt whatshername The kids get used to strangers coming into their homes and screwing their Mom or Dad, then pretending they really like the other guys kids when they don't. They aren't Dads or Moms and this is not a family.
This is just plain stupid narcissism.

No Guff, that's wonderful.