Dad Blogs Continue to Grow
Since I started blogging a year ago about dads, there has been a steady increase in dad blogs over just this year alone. Everywhere I turn there is a new one being started up, posting their own experiences, giving advice, and ways of teaching other dads they aren’t alone in all this. The Daily Dad blog has noticed too…
This morning I popped open my news aggregator and watched as the RSS feeds started to come in. “Updating” would appear next to each blog entry and the latest entries would start to appear in a list on the right side of my screen. As I watched, I realized I have over 50 dad blog subscriptions.
So what does he think about it?
“That’s great!” I thought. Dad bloggers are growing. Every day we add our nuggets of wisdom and experience of being a dad to the blogosphere where other dads will benefit from them. Soon, a father-to-be will be able to do a search and be inundated with information on what it truly means to be a father- the joy, fear, and responsibility.
I think we all need to stick together as dads, and learn from each other. To think that someday maybe some guy out there who is expecting to be a dad can just come online and search out some answers to some fears he may have, and actually land on your blog and retreive that information, putting his mind at ease. So thanks to all those dads out there who have been contributing to the dad blogosphere. Keep up the good work. 
Maybe these dads should spend more time with their family and less time in front of a computer screen. I don’t see how their kids benefit from them talking about being a dad when they can’t be parenting and blogging at the same time.
Ron,that is a question that has been raised in the past. Good thing for nap time, quiet time, and being able to time your posts to go off sporadically troughout the future. It allows people like us to accomplish both good parenting during the day, and good writing and teaching in the evenings and break time.
But that is a great concern…
Ron, would you feel the same if I were to say I wrote in a journal instead of a blog?
I write during breaks at work, and while my son is sleeping. I’ve yet to write a word while I was at home, with my son awake.
The fact is, if I weren’t an involved father, I’d have nothing to write about.
Well, if that is teh case, I guess there may be no harm in it. However, while I do not have any children, I know it is a lot of work just to maintain my house between dishes, laundry, repairs, etc. there isn’t much down time, I would think it would be even worse with children.
I would think that “quiet time” would be better spent reading a book to your child than wasted in front of the computer when your child’s development is at its most critical stage.
Ron,
Most of us have our priorities straight. We write because it’s something we love to do especially if it’s about what we are passionate about- being a father.
I write in the early mornings when my kids are asleep and during lunch at work. I certainly don’t consider my time as wasted as it helps me to get my head straight and may help other dads out there. And, to be honest, it doesn’t take that much time to tap out a post. I usually do it in about 5 to 10 minutes.
Who says a parent can’t take a few minutes out of the day for themselves? When we don’t take time out the day for our own interests, it makes us bad parents.
Besides, I certainly don’t want my kids thinking the world revolves around them. I’ve been a teacher for a long time and I can tell which kids were taught that whole thing of never waiting a few minutes. They’re so demanding, don’t want to wait their turn, call your name persistently until you do what they say immediately, don’t want to go to the bathroom by themselves, and have a hard time getting along with others.
Spending every waking moment of the day with your kids is an unrealistic expectation. It’s ok to tell you kids that you’ll be with them in 2 minutes. Give me a break.