Posted on 19. Oct, 2003 by Brian Reid in General
The dadlands have been quiet, so I’m dredging the bottom of the barrel a little bit. Full Time Father, on the other hand, has been busy, picking up on this unfortunate piece of news. He then looked even deeper at the trend of kids — young kids — staying home alone. For a pre-Halloween scare, check out this report. (Thanks to FTF for both links.)
Secondly, a Bay Area non-profit that helps parents find childcare claims to have picked up on the at-home dad trend before anyone else. I’m glad that this is enough of a trend that groups are rushing to claim credit for noticing it first.
Here’s where my next two bucks is going: bumper stickers emblazoned with Peter Baylies’ slogan: “Men Who Change Diapers Change the World.”
Finally, I missed the news a couple of months ago that we may not have seen the last of the “Daddy Day Care” film phenomenon. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing depends, I suppose, on whether Eddie Murphy is a step up in the dad department from Micheal Keaton.
Bryan Nelson
22. Oct, 2003
Actually, the Peter Baylies got the slogan from our project - Men In Early and Elementary Education Project.
Northern Sun is a business a few blocks from our offices and borrowed the idea.
We got the idea from a man back in 1982, Tom Masterson, who used to teach young children in Ohio. He offered the slogan to our group to fundraise.
You can order our stickers at:
http://www.MenTeach.org/pages/items.html
We’ll even give RebelDad readers a discount!
Keep up the great work. I come to your list every week.
Bryan
Rebel Dad
22. Oct, 2003
I stand corrected. And I’ll certainly buy from the source …