Posted on 26. Mar, 2004 by Brian Reid in General
Couple of nice, if throwaway, mentions in the press today. The San Francisco Chronicle (which seems to be good at gender-balancing parenting) ran this piece on a local “nurture center” for new parents and pregnant women. The noteworthy part — a large and high-profile chunk of the article dealt with an at-home dad program.
And Salon’s review of the new Ben Affleck flick, “Jersey Girl,” begins like this:
Forget the overexposed bliss of motherhood: Nearly everyone I know who has ever become a father has fallen in love with it. And in some ways, fathers have it harder than moms. Even stay-at-home dads can find themselves floating outside that special bubble that encircles mothers and their children — no matter how close they are to their kids, that’s a mystery they’re locked out of.
Leaving out the strangle “locked out of” the bubble comment, it’s nice to note that fatherhood is now seem as a wonderful, life changing event. Kevin Smith, the writer and director, says this a personal movie that stems from his own experiences as a father. I’m generally a big Smith fan, so I’m interested to see how this movie plays out …
Ian
26. Mar, 2004
I checked out the trailer yesterday. It certainly looks better than the usual romcom fare. Hopefully, for all its being Kevin Smith’s first ‘grown up’ movie, it’ll still have some inventive comedy.
PS I’ve started pointing to specialist blogs as and when I find them and just name checked yours. Keep up the good work.