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Which father are YOU?
Submitted by eric on Thu, 20/09/2007 - 6:38pm
The Natural Father: The dude that performed the deed that caused an offspring The Birth Father: The dude that performed the deed that caused an offspring then is not around (much ... if at all) The Sperm Donor: An anonymous dude that did the deed in a test tube (are they anonymous still?) The Step-Father: The dude fathering the offspring without having to do the deed The Adoptive Father: Thanks to Angelina Jolie ... mmmm ... I mean Brad Pitt, has become very popular amongst the Celebes, these dudes who couldn’t have children from their own deeds, are lucky enough to be gifted an offspring they can call their own. Ok which ones did I forget to mention here? -Eric |
There are many names by which a child will call their father, Dad, Pop, Pa, Daddy, Father, Papa and more. When I talk to my father I call him Dad, when I refer to him it's "the old man" (sorry dad). As there are many names we give our fathers there are several ways to classify a father. Which one are you?
Hmmmm.... I think the
Hmmmm.... I think the Natural Father can be split into several categories too:
The Active Father: The dude who lives with the family, is out playing with his kids, spending time with them on his days off, with them at their chosen extra-curricular activities (like sports, dancing or whatever), there for important questions and generally taking a supportive interest in what their kid wants to do with their life.
The Absent Father: The dude who lives with the family but is always 'too busy' when the kids want to play / spend time with him
The Part-time Father: The dude who lives with the family, but is only involved with his kids when he HAS to be
The Reluctant Father: The dude who is there in the house, but not there for his kids
The Tyrranous Father: The dude who lives with the family and is actively involved in putting the kids down, negating their achievements, verbal, psychological and maybe physical abuse of the children and generally seeing his job as making their lives a misery to make him feel superior.
My own father was an Absent, Reluctant and Tyrranous model. As a result, I am very much an Active Father, but occasionally have bouts of Absenteeism when I need time of my own (or am doing something I'd rather they were not involved in - like concreting the driveway). My girls are certainly not frightened of approaching me about any subject or to be involved with them in any game or passtime they are working with at the time, so I must be doing something different to my so-called role-model - something that I am certainly happy about!
There's gotta be a few more......
Lance
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