Monday Mission
a happy belated Father's day to all the dads out there!
1. What does Father's Day mean to you personally?
Not being a father or having one till I was 11, I can't say that it meant a lot to me as a child. It means a little more now as I have recentely met my dad and have grown up with my step dad, but we don't get to celebrate it together as they are both not in the country.
2. Was there a Father, or a Father Figure in your life as you grew up?
My step dad become my father figure when I was 11, he was the one I could speak to, the person who would be there when I needed someone to lean on. I only found out about my real dad when I was in my early twenties, my mother wouldn't talk about him much when I was a child.
3. a) If you are a parent, is the father of your child(ren) involved on a daily basis? Is that even important? or if you do not have children b) Would you like to become a parent? Would you be good at raising your own children?
I hope to become a parent one day, I love children and hope that to be a good mother, if a bit wacky at times.
4. With Rosie, Callista, Jodie and Camryn all raising children without Fathers, Hollywood seems to be sending a message that children do not need male role models. Do you agree? Are these "stars" sending a good message to the young adults who admire them?
I have known families with two parents and families with only a mother or father. I have known families comprised of gay and straight parents. I don't think that it's the number or sexual orientation of the parent/s that matters but the type of people that they are, if they love their children and provide an environment where a child feels secure then that is all that s needed. Having grown up partially without a father I can honestly say that I didn't miss the father figure as a child.
5. Do you think the absence of a loving, caring father in the life of a child could have any influence on their sexual preferences when the child grows up?
NO! Since when does sexual preference have to do with a lack of father/mother figure?
6. Was there ever a time when your father became "uncool." Or maybe embarrassed you?
No.
7. Are you ever too old to kiss your Dad?
No.
BONUS: When you coming home, dad?
Harry Chapin, 'Cats and the Cradle'
"I don't know when, But we'll get together then. You know we'll have a good time then"