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I'm neither bitter nor wrong. My child's father didn't cut and run...like most men do. I kicked his sorry butt to the curb because he couldn't keep his curmudgeon in his pants. And many other reasons that you aren't privy to.
I have been both mom & dad at times. So don't tell me it's not possible. You sound like the other misogynist's here.
Hardly a misogynist. Quite married, father of five, stepfather of two and grandfather to 11 (as of yesterday's birth), soon to have a great-grandchild. No woman hating here. Just have a bit of an inkling of what a mother is and what a father is. One cannot fulfill the role of the other - fill-in the gaps, yes. Replace, no. Not so arrogant as to believe I could ever be a mom.
I am personally offended as a man that this whole idea to celebrate single mothers on Father's Day is being widely accepted. It seems as though we are seeing an increasing degradation of men in this country and across the world. We are now seeing websites like this...Happy Father's Day Mom - Home, that in my opinion continue to put emphasis on mothers being celebrated on Father's Day. I think the fact that this is becoming commercialized is a big problem. Why is it okay to celebrate this? What is there really to celebrate? Should we celebrate the single parents? Sure, but to make this seem as though being single mothers is becoming 'normal' and a mother can somehow be a father is ridiculous.
No matter how much those mothers do for their children, it will never replace what a father can do. By continuing perpetuating this idea that mothers can be a mother and a father, it completely closes the door on fathers being deemed necessary. Not only that, but what if the father actually turns their life around and tries to become a part of that child's life. You just spent years basically teaching that child that his father is not important or necessary, now how will that child view their father?
I don't have a problem with Single Mom's being celebrated on Father's day, as long as Single Dad's receive the reciprocal celebration on Mother's day.
(P.S. I raised 2 children as a single/divorced dad).
How sexist to insist that a male parent is more or less important than a female parent.
To those who think the sex of the parent is important let me say you have NO idea of what it takes to raise a child.
There are many single male parents and many single female parents and there rate of successfully raising children is probably equal.
Do you really think a child cares which sex their caregiver is if the caregiver is loving, kind, instructive, feeds them, keeps them safe, helps them learn, helps them get through life, tucks them in with a story at night, changes their diaper, keeps them healthy and happy?
I think the idea is a bit rediculous. As a father of two I would not expect to celebrate mothers day if I was a single dad, in fact I would not want to. I would be filling the role of both but I am still just the father. Mothers day is for moms (females) and fathers day is for dads (males). This would hold true for a gay couple as well..the child would either have two dads or two moms. WHy is it so difficult? If your a single mom and want to celebrate fathers day...wait till Mothers day.
Hardly a misogynist. Quite married, father of five, stepfather of two and grandfather to 11 (as of yesterday's birth), soon to have a great-grandchild. No woman hating here. Just have a bit of an inkling of what a mother is and what a father is. One cannot fulfill the role of the other - fill-in the gaps, yes. Replace, no. Not so arrogant as to believe I could ever be a mom.
Yes, it's all too common today to believe that one parent, usually a father, is not needed in a child's life.
It's wrong to believe the role of the mother is unimportant and just as wrong to believe the role of the father is unimportant.
I am personally offended as a man that this whole idea to celebrate single mothers on Father's Day is being widely accepted. It seems as though we are seeing an increasing degradation of men in this country and across the world. We are now seeing websites like this...Happy Father's Day Mom - Home, that in my opinion continue to put emphasis on mothers being celebrated on Father's Day. I think the fact that this is becoming commercialized is a big problem. Why is it okay to celebrate this? What is there really to celebrate? Should we celebrate the single parents? Sure, but to make this seem as though being single mothers is becoming 'normal' and a mother can somehow be a father is ridiculous.
No matter how much those mothers do for their children, it will never replace what a father can do. By continuing perpetuating this idea that mothers can be a mother and a father, it completely closes the door on fathers being deemed necessary. Not only that, but what if the father actually turns their life around and tries to become a part of that child's life. You just spent years basically teaching that child that his father is not important or necessary, now how will that child view their father?
I vote no...single moms already had their day (Mother's Day).
If the Greeting Card and Flower industries were smart they would just create "Single Parent Day" so they could scam the public into yet another Holiday that requires the purchasing of over priced cards, last minute Wal-Mart flowers and trips to local restaurants in which you are surrounded by the other dolts and mouth breathers caught up in BS that is most Holidays.
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