Dad on the Rise

Posts Tagged ‘That’s My Girl’

Based on the recommendations of my wife, MomontheRise who told me that MochaDad suggested it even though he didn’t because she thought that I would take the recommendation better from a man-blogger that I like, I am changing the structure on my blog.  I have to admit that I am hot and cold about blogging, mostly cold, mainly because I am not passionate about it.  I am extremely passionate about football, NFL in particular, and am going to make my blog about football.  My favorite team is the New York Giants, but plan on talking about the entire league.  I will include college football and even high school if something grabs me.  Also, I will include how football effects my family as my wife is forced to endure me during the season and how I successfully attempt to make my little girl as rabid a fan as I am.  I say successful because she already watches games with me and gets excited about want is happening on the field.  This blog my evolve to include all sports, but right now just want to concentrate on football.

It is frustrating to have a daughter and everyone being so locked in to the whole pink vs. blue societal construct idea.  Why can’t my daughter play with foam swords, race cars, or airplanes.  I don’t see anything wrong with the fact that she was a football player for Halloween.

When did we as a society stop evolving?  The 1900s were about change and progress.  Voting rights, racial equality, and such all issues combated and improved upon in the 1900s.  Here we are in the new millennium and my daughter cannot play with a blue helicopter without receiving a look or snicker.  Go to a fast food joint and order a child’s meal and ask for the boy toy for your daughter and when you get to the window they will look at you weird.

I am so happy that I have a wife that shares my view and doesn’t put our daughter in a box.  She is probably even worse than me as she was a bit of the tomboy growing up.  Would I feel the same if I had a boy?  I feel confident that I would be open-minded, however, I must admit that I wouldn’t be as progressive.  If my son wanted to be Dora, for instance, i would be fine with it, but if he wanted to be Snow White, I wouldn’t be able to cope.

Hopefully, we all can continue forward and not backwards.

Take a look at the Tornado as see grows up, isn’t she sooooo cute?