In which we are asked to riff on viral videos of fathers lying to their sons, and discussion of Darth Vader, not to mention anger, is not merely unavoidable, but embraced.

Truth. Vaderness. Anger. And lies. All of it. As well as some big thanks to The Good Men Project for making it so. Excerpt? Word.

"The fact is, life is not fair, the more you live it the more clear this becomes, and this is something we want our children to be able to grasp as soon as possible, just not too soon.

My father passed away long before he could have, and I don’t think that’s fair at all, not to him, my mom, my brother, or me, but it still happened long after other people have lost their fathers. I was an adult, and I was old enough to think about its impact on me.

Which is an important part of this, right? These kids are not old enough to fully process what they’re experiencing, even if after the tears and fear, they find it as funny as we do.

So ultimately, it really is about parenting then, though more accurately, what our expectations of parents are, or should be.

It’s easy to celebrate parents we think are great, Atticus Finch for example, awesome dude, and we hate those we think suck, Darth Vader, again, or if you prefer Homer Simpson, but those are the extremes.

What about everyone, and everything that happens, in between?"

The fact is, life is not fair, the more you live it the more clear this becomes, and this is something we want our children to be able to grasp as soon as possible, just not too soon.
My father passed away long before he could have, and I don’t think that’s fair at all, not to him, my mom, my brother, or me, but it still happened long after other people have lost their fathers. I was an adult, and I was old enough to think about its impact on me.
Which is an important part of this, right? These kids are not old enough to fully process what they’re experiencing, even if after the tears and fear, they find it as funny as we do.
So ultimately, it really is about parenting then, though more accurately, what our expectations of parents are, or should be.
It’s easy to celebrate parents we think are great, Atticus Finch for example, awesome dude, and we hate those we think suck, Darth Vader, again, or if you prefer Homer Simpson, but those are the extremes.
What about everyone, and everything that happens, in between?
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The fact is, life is not fair, the more you live it the more clear this becomes, and this is something we want our children to be able to grasp as soon as possible, just not too soon.
My father passed away long before he could have, and I don’t think that’s fair at all, not to him, my mom, my brother, or me, but it still happened long after other people have lost their fathers. I was an adult, and I was old enough to think about its impact on me.
Which is an important part of this, right? These kids are not old enough to fully process what they’re experiencing, even if after the tears and fear, they find it as funny as we do.
So ultimately, it really is about parenting then, though more accurately, what our expectations of parents are, or should be.
It’s easy to celebrate parents we think are great, Atticus Finch for example, awesome dude, and we hate those we think suck, Darth Vader, again, or if you prefer Homer Simpson, but those are the extremes.
What about everyone, and everything that happens, in between?