Baby boom or bust

I was dropping the car off at the shop to have new tires installed. I had Riley with me as Mitsy had a doctor's appointment. As I walked out the door, one of the other clients looks at me and says; "that is what is wrong with people your age. You don't know your roles.".

I did not respond as I should have, but it made me think. The baby boom generation was the sequel to the "greatest generation". The greatest generation were kids of the depression. They were engrained with the ideals of hard work, saving money, and the honor system. What did the boomers give us? Global warming, leveraged investments, increased oil dependency, and suing companies for spilling coffee on themselves.

Now, there are things that the boomers did get right. Me, for example. I am a dad who is comfortable with all of the responsibilities of parenthood. I have and continue to change diapers, dance to silly songs on Disney, go to the park to slide and swing, show how to splash in the bath, and discipline. I am comfortable doing these with or without Mitsy. The sad part is that many boomer men do not understand what it takes to be not just a father but a dad. They saw their fathers as the family provider, that worked all day and came home to a wife that had dinner made, the kids ready for bed, and life was very black and white. This worked. However, for boomers this did not. Families became two income households and the household and kid duties needed to be shared.

I think that it comes down to fathers wanting to be involved. There is nothing better than sharing time with "Monkey". I feel sorry for those men that can't see that this is a privledge not a burden.