It's Father's Day Somewhere!

This Last week on Mom.me I organized a little top ten list in honor of Father's Day which was, yesterday, sure, but also today because EVERY DAY is Father's Day, hello.

Revi with Papa Larry

Bo with Great Grandpa Milt

SO!

Without further ado... 

Here are ten movies to watch that are fatherly, including Father of The Bride (welcome to the 90's Mr. Banks), Despicable Me and Nebraska. 

And speaking of Father's Day, this by Rob Delaney is really great:

...Perhaps you’ve heard that having kids makes your heart grow in size. This is true, but the growth isn’t neat. Think of it this way: if your heart were a house, having kids doesn’t put an addition on your heart; it explodes your heart with dynamite stolen from a local construction site and then tasks you with rebuilding it five times larger out of the remains you find where your house once was, plus any miscellaneous garbage that might be laying about, some road kill and a few truck loads of silt from the nearest river.

My sons are male, which is the second most popular gender on earth. Before my wife and I had any kids, I’d wanted to have girls. I just thought girls would awaken the fathering instinct in me faster or more thoroughly or something. I know some men would rather have boys and they can be quite vocal about it. They worry about having to protect their daughters, real or imagined, from men. Men like them? Are you afraid men will treat your daughter the way you’ve treated women? Or do you doubt that a girl raised with love of all varieties, tough included, can handle herself in the world? Is it misogyny or self-loathing? Flip a coin; they’re both awful. You should do cartwheels in the street if you have a daughter.

But another thing I’m learning is that that same worldview does a gross disservice to the act of parenting boys. If you need to dote on your daughter and shield her from reality or she’ll crumble or be torn apart by wolf-men, does it follow that boys just raise themselves? No attention required? Can boys not be damaged or led astray? As the father of two boys, are my responsibilities few? Here’s just one reason the way I raise my sons matters to the world at large: my sons will one day wander out into the world and meet your daughters. So one hopes I instill in them, and model for them, behavior that is rooted in kindness, compassion and fundamental respect of others. As well as a work ethic, strength, and the discipline to survive to adulthood in one piece...

Good stuff.

Hope everyone had themselves a relaxing weekend. We did a lot of chilling, ourselves, because it just so happened, we were in desperate need of some chill.

Cheers to all and Happy Monday,

GGC