Working mothers often face prejudices. Both in offline life as in online as a co-worker , wife, mummy and blogster. It’s a fact and I deal well with facts, but sometimes it’s just not fair and does it feel weird to talk back. Why do I have to answer to the fact that I am not always with my children , well not all day. But fathers, like hubby strangely enough, never hear these things. I had a discussion today and this is also what was said.
First, the term "working father" doesn't actually exist. It is true that most daddies work. Everyone thinks that is normal. Everyone thinks that's how it should be. And nobody thinks that is sad for the children.
"Don't you miss your children when you go to work?" Apparently parenthood is an important part of their identity only for mothers. For fathers, children are a kind of accidental incident in their lives. Nobody thinks that a father would rather be with his children than at the office. Apparently he just puts his paternity off for a few hours a day. I have to say in our household hubs is there some days so this doesn’t apply to us but again that was said.
"You didn't have children to be raised by someone else, did you?" After all, fathers are apparently not there for the education, so it doesn't matter if they are not there for part of the day. And now in Covid times is for us a reason to be more home and have time with them while they have homeschool some days when fysical educators are not available. Than we step in and make it fun and work late at night to get things done.
Well we had a great discussion and I had some laughs about this subject aswell. Laughs because it’s such a strange, old fashioned way of thinking. And it was something that surprised me a bit. It 2020 dear collegues and personel from outsourced companies at our station. But again this time I can blog about it, and hear what you have to say. And don’t get me wrong I love a discussion and I still love my own life and that of my family. I always stick to a plan and that is also with this if I am happy and my family is happy it’s ok.
A father is just as much a parent as a mother. With the same feelings and capacities. So perhaps it is time to start treating men and women who have children as parents and not as fathers or mothers. Because really, there is just not that much difference.
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Blog Date : 13-10-2020