tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291299797304883060.post1215871412907409622..comments2013-04-05T18:06:39.078-07:00Comments on Mama on the Mic: Wait until your father gets home! Oh wait....mamaonthemichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596893752276650698noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291299797304883060.post-64580083158237349222011-08-23T16:29:15.847-07:002011-08-23T16:29:15.847-07:00The perception that fathers have somehow become &q...The perception that fathers have somehow become "soft" because they don't run around the house screaming and yelling while wielding a leather belt or wooden paddle is wrong. <br /><br />While I agree that being dad sometimes includes being the "bad guy" let me give you a dad perspective for a minute. I walk in the door from work to hear my wife telling my child "dads home, your in trouble now..." Ok, fine. I brace myself for the life altering news. Thinking to myself...i wonder if she set her room on fire, maybe she spray painted the dog or killed the computer.. But no, what do I hear instead...."Your daughter just stained her new dress". OK?..and what exactly am I supposed to do about this? <br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I get it. This is a less than desirable behavior. However, please keep in mind that sometimes the compounding of a days events can be overwhelming and effect perspective. It can. <br /><br />Now what I, the "bad cop", am being asked is to huff and puff (as if I give a crap) to appease my wife in support of a situation that while less than ideal, I really don't think is that big a deal. I just don't. I'm sorry.<br /><br />My point is simple. If you want a bad cop show me a criminal. <br /><br />There will be plenty of opportunities (if our kids are anything like us) that will require strong responses. When those happen you'd better believe I intend to have retained as much intimidation as possible for real behavior modification. If I start huffing and puffing over every little situation my daughter gets herself into (and there are plenty)she will simply look at me and laugh the next time I tell her it's not okay to post You Tube videos of setting the spray painted dog on fire.. and I just can't have that.Caseynoreply@blogger.com