1) Do you agree with what the message this article is trying to put out about fathers? It might help that I understood what it was trying to say about them. Fathers need to be in their children's lives? Fathers should be thought to as more than a household's income? Father's are too busy to care for family? I don't know. It just seems like this is saying men are busy, but don't want to be. Depends on the person, but yeah. This is true. Almost all parents want to be a part of their child's life. No caring parent wants to purposely miss out on something important that's going on. Fathers are busy and caring. Mothers are busy and caring too. I agree.

2) Do you believe that men should put work over family? Why or why not?
Depends on the financial situation, but even if the family is about to go bankrupt, the man has to care about his family. "I'm going to work for my boss until he loves me enough to give me a raise" and "Don't talk to me son, I'm busy working" aren't good. Puts stress on the family and makes the father too distant. If all you think about is work, money, and success, you'll end up forgetting what all the work is for. That's not good.

3) Do you think that for parents, should there be equal parenting roles or should one role be higher then the other meaning for one to care for their children while the other one works and tries to earn the income?
Equal parenting roles are nice. Don't want the kids being too distant from any one parent. If just one person makes all the income, there'll also be trouble in the house. If both parents do the same things and all the duties are balanced, both of them should have equal time to spend with their kids and each other. I don't know if that will work out for everyone, but either way, doing things equally is still the right way to do things.


Just odd thoughts. I still didn't understand the message of the article though...