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What is a father's job? What is a mother's job?

Depends on the family.
 
A father's job is do whatever mom tells him to do because it is a lot less time consuming to just shut up, suck it up and do it instead of hearing about it for the next year.
 
Fisher said:
A father's job is do whatever mom tells him to do because it is a lot less time consuming to just shut up, suck it up and do it instead of hearing about it for the next year.
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Psssh. Just one year?
 
Short of breast feeding, if they go that route, no, there is no difference. In any given home there will of course be a division of labor, but there are as many ways to divide that labor as there are couples out there.

It is a parent's job to protect, nurture and teach. That is regardless of whether the parent is the mother or father.
 
Sarcogito said:
Short of breast feeding, if they go that route, no, there is no difference. In any given home there will of course be a division of labor, but there are as many ways to divide that labor as there are couples out there.

It is a parent's job to protect, nurture and teach. That is regardless of whether the parent is the mother or father.
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The first man a woman loves (or should) is her father. There's plenty of evidence that a young girl's relationship with her father -- the way her father makes her feel, the way he treats her and her mother -- will set the tone for her relationship with men for the rest of her life.
 
MaggieD said:
The first man a woman loves (or should) is her father. There's plenty of evidence that a young girl's relationship with her father -- the way her father makes her feel, the way he treats her and her mother -- will set the tone for her relationship with men for the rest of her life.
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Absolutely. But that has little to do with gender. Both the mother and father should be treating each other and their daughter with love and respect. And hopefully later in life she will find someone who treats her with that same love and respect.
 
Sarcogito said:
Absolutely. But that has little to do with gender. Both the mother and father should be treating each other and their daughter with love and respect. And hopefully later in life she will find someone who treats her with that same love and respect.
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In the case of a daughter/father relationship, it has everything to do with gender.
 
Their job is identical: to raise their kids into responsible, productive, well-rounded adults.

How they achieve that, however, may differ. Their individual personalities play a bigger role than their gender, I think. The child(ren)'s gender also often plays a role. Most mothers and fathers relate to and raise their girls and boys differently.
 
Well, the father's job is to impregnate the mother, and the mother's job is to deliver the baby. This is a neat job system, however, it puts great job-identity concerns on hermaphrodites.
 
Jredbaron96 said:
Psssh. Just one year?
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I practice cognitive dissonance..... apparently I do so many wrongs she cannot keep up with them all so she keeps up with the ones that matter:

"Hey, Honey, How about a smooch"

"Nope. I am mad at you."

"What did I do wrong this time?"

"6 years ago when I was pregnant and my ankles were hurting me, I asked you to go get me the newspaper and you wouldn't because you claimed all the blood gushing out of your hand where you cut yourself slicing up my fruit would have gotten all over the paper. I know you just didn't care that I was pregnant and in misery. You could have used the other hand, so no smooch for you."
 
A father's number one job is to be there.
 
clownboy said:
A father's number one job is to be there.
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Based on some fathers I know, the kids would be better off if they weren't there. Just saying--some people just are too messed up to be positive parents ever.
 
MaggieD said:
Are their jobs different?
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Usually, but not in any set way. There are patterns of course. In my family, for instance, my dad did all the cooking and the lions share of the housework, while my mom focused more on child-related domestic activities like reading bedtime stories and taking care of me when I was sick. Both are working professionals, and my mom has generally made slightly more money than my dad.
 
MaggieD said:
In the case of a daughter/father relationship, it has everything to do with gender.
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And yet girls raised by two mothers do not have some crippling deficiency with men later in life. They do just as fine as anyone else.

Also, a father's one job, ONE JOB... is to keep her off the pole.
 
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Paschendale said:
And yet girls raised by two mothers do not have some crippling deficiency with men later in life. They do just as fine as anyone else.

Also, a father's one job, ONE JOB... is to keep her off the pole.
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Depends on the individual family, the parents, and their needs.

That simple.
 
MaggieD said:
Are their jobs different?
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My husband and I have very different roles in our family.

Kids:
Do well in school
A few select chores (trash, dishes, random housekeeping as asked)

Husband:
He's employed - and thus does whatever the military tells him to do.
Sometimes he helps me with my chores/work if needed but usually not - citing that 'I don't know what on earth that is' and that 'you know how to do that better than me' (lol - yes, I'm making fun of my husband - his words exactly when I was doing peel-and-stick floor tile.)
Sometimes he runs errands (dry cleaning, watching the kids so I can go to the store)

Me:
Whatever the military requires of me that he can't do - or that naturally falls on me (Which means everything when he's out of town . . . and lately that's been 24/7/365)
Mechanic work (auto and otherwise)
Lawn care
Nursing duties (husband and children)
Anything child-related
Home improvement / maintenance
Business planning (his business concept)
Grocery shopping.

My list goes on and on.
 
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