"Dad"...TV's biggest joke.

Hey folks!

This is a quote from a site I came across called Elite Dad. This site boasts that their program can change the way you act as a Dad with 52 weeks worth of mentoring sessions.

Now I’m not going to debate the validity of this company or their program. For all I know, this is the best thing to happen to Dads since Bill Cosby.

I just wanted to quote an excerpt from their site that rang true to me.

”Dads have been turned into Duds. Many of today’s modern fathers act like they are neutered. Again, look at the average family sitcom – the Father is almost always a bumbling idiot, laughed at by his wife, tolerated by his children and pitied for his powerlessness.”

Honestly, I’ve been saying this for years. Al Bundy, Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, Willie Tanner…etc
As much as these buffoons made me laugh over the years, I often thought of the damage that’s being done to the family unit due to these “Primetime” invasions into homes all across North America.

I’m just as bad as the next guy when it comes to falling into the comfort zone of being an idiotic yet lovable family mascot. It has become increasingly easy to just “Blame Dad” for the inane episodes that occur in a family’s life, when that’s all we see…and perceive as truth.

Perhaps it’s time for the resurrection of Ward Cleaver, Cliff Huxtable, and Charles Ingalls.

Hell, I’d even settle for Tony Soprano.

-Steve