Working as a Dad

The other day I came across an interesting article about how dads now a day are finding it hard to fulfill both their duties as a father and their duties at work.  Still being fairly young myself I have never really thought about these things as I do not really plan on having any kids and I do not have a job that I work at year round.  The article talked about how a man named Dustin Baylor had always wanted to be a doctor but also wanted to be a dad, however, Dustin had no idea how hard it would be to have both of these dreams come true at the same time.  It talks about how difficult it is to be woken up at night by both his pager and his kids and how trying to succeed in both areas of his life can be overwhelming but in the end worth it.  This got me thinking about my dad.  Growing up my dad would have to work his 9-5 job every day but every day he would also come home and sometimes cook dinner or have to take me or my sister to practice.  I never really thought about how difficult it must have been for him sometimes when he had to come home tired after a long day and wanting to take a nap but his two children pestering him to take them somewhere.  I honestly have no idea how he did it, but he did, every day without complaints.

In the article chore wars it discusses about how women and men now a days tend to split the work up evenly but society still thinks that women are the ones doing almost all of the work.  It also talks about how men now a days are expected to be involved fathers but are not always sure how because when they were growing up their fathers weren’t expected to have that role so they have no role models to copy after.  I think that as a result of the first point where dads are expected to become more involved will solve the second problem where dads do not have guides on how to handle both responsibilities.  As a result after a few generations where the dads are more involved and setting an example for their sons as to how to balance work and raising a child men will figure it out and be able to balance both of these jobs.  I know my dad set a good example for me and I hope one day I can set a good example for my son.



http://www.today.com/money/many-dads-struggle-have-it-all-balancing-work-family-826045