Stay-at-Home Dad Survival Guide World leaders should be required to do Daddy Day-Care for a year
World leaders should be required to do Daddy Day-Care for a year
Monday, 08 December 2008 17:32
I just heard a piece on NPR about the Gaza-Egypt tunnels used to supply stuff to blockaded Palestinians.
It reveals my chronicle of S-A-H-D-ing as the petty tripe it is.
However, it also made me think if people with power had to spend six months to a year as the primary caregiver to a child they'd think twice about bombing and blockading. I'm no political scientist, Kissenger-ian Real-politik might be the right move in this case.
The blockade may turn out to be just as brilliant as Shocking and Awe-ing Bagdad (ahem).
My threshold for "difficult" may be lower than others, yet I feel parenting is hard. It's hard even though I have a spouse and someone who comes in to help. It's hard even though we have a house and an income (modest as it is).
I can't imagine having to go to a black market to buy food, shoes, and fuel to keep my kids fed, shod, and warm. One thing's certain, I'll never again complain about standing in a slow line at Safeway.
People say raising a child is the most important job on earth. They say similar about the presidency.
My wish for 2009 (besides a full-time job) is for presidents, ministers, and kings to think more about raising healthy, intelligent, compassionate kids.
If they spent half a year wiping butts and noses and devoted themselves to the care and feeding of fragile young lives, perhaps they'd try harder to make the first job easier.
You should avoid reading my old crap in a related vein (first published on Pravda.ru during the Bush v. Kerry campaign).