Parenting 1980s and 2020s - taking what works.

Daddy Eats Last

My sister had been going through her momento box which is basically keepsakes out folks had stored for the first 15 or so years of our life.

My sister had been showing her girls some of her things and she sent me through a story she wrote in Grade 3 (back when she would have been around 8 years old and I would have been about 10). It’s a story, but it actually happened.

It got me thinking about the parenting in the 1980s and today and taking what works from both.

If you can mix in some of the vast social and parenting knowledge we have in 2021 with giving your kids the room to try, fail, and try again while you support them 1980's style then you're well on your way to good parenting in my opinion.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.