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Jenn used to watch this show all the time when it was on frequently a couple of years ago. What amazed me was that after going through the nightly Sisyphean task of putting the kids to bed and finally getting a few moments to relax, Jenn found no better way to unwind than watch a show about someone else's unruly children.
Every episode seemed to have the same elements: a family living in an enormous house that probably cost a third of my Long Island hovel, a dad who had some kind of job that allowed his wife to stay home and live in that palace, and a mom who cranked out a number of kids so quickly that it was as if she woke up one day, noticed she had three or more kids under the age of 5, and wondered, "What the hell just happened?"
Most of these clueless dads did very little hands-on parenting and rarely showed their wives any respect, which is why the kids have no qualms about walking all over mom. And we always see these dads come home from work — usually spent playing computer Solitaire while the moms spent all day chasing the kids — and plop in a comfy chair to unwind for an hour or two because they had such a hard day.
It would be very hard for me to act like this. First of all, as weak as my parenting skills are, I know that staying home with the kids is always harder than any job; second, my house is so small that escape from my family is impossible; and third, if I came home and announced that I needed a little "me time," it would be hard to sit with my wife's foot up my ass. Read more...
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