Nah, i must disagree here. The posters are right about being a hobby for some people.
In two very bad ways
There are (usually the dads) who only pick it up once in a while the same way they go mountainbiking,etc.
Then they usually try to “make up” what they didn’t do the rest of the days and make it “extra fun”. (As usual the Simpsons did a good take on it in their fun dad episode)
But they don’t give a rats ass the rest of the time. They don’t go to the doctor with the kid,they don’t know their school schedules,etc.
They pick their hobby up maybe twice a month.
I hate these people - because they are so numerous. When I am out with my kiddos I get comments “oh,do you babysit for your wife?” “Oh, it’s nice you take that burden off your wife once in a while.”
Like what? Are you fucking crazy? My wife is the actual main income earner and this is not the 50ies.
The other kind is as bad,imho. The overinvolved ones. The ones that basically want to do everything so right that it becomes their hobby (or obsession). The “oh no, my kid can’t eat sugar that is not made from XY” “I will not raise my child, i will love-raise them”, etc. Note that while these have a crosssection with helicopter parents they are a distinct group themselves,as some prefer an intentional other style of parenting (all nature and free roaming,etc.).
But they will focus on it - countless blogs, books from unqualified authors and instagram posts will be read, countless discussions, for them it becomes their hobby…or more.
So…there are some people who have parenting as a hobby. And that doesn’t mean the ones who have no time for hobbies anymore - as parenting is fucking hard sometimes.
Nah, i must disagree here. The posters are right about being a hobby for some people. In two very bad ways
There are (usually the dads) who only pick it up once in a while the same way they go mountainbiking,etc. Then they usually try to “make up” what they didn’t do the rest of the days and make it “extra fun”. (As usual the Simpsons did a good take on it in their fun dad episode) But they don’t give a rats ass the rest of the time. They don’t go to the doctor with the kid,they don’t know their school schedules,etc. They pick their hobby up maybe twice a month. I hate these people - because they are so numerous. When I am out with my kiddos I get comments “oh,do you babysit for your wife?” “Oh, it’s nice you take that burden off your wife once in a while.” Like what? Are you fucking crazy? My wife is the actual main income earner and this is not the 50ies.
The other kind is as bad,imho. The overinvolved ones. The ones that basically want to do everything so right that it becomes their hobby (or obsession). The “oh no, my kid can’t eat sugar that is not made from XY” “I will not raise my child, i will love-raise them”, etc. Note that while these have a crosssection with helicopter parents they are a distinct group themselves,as some prefer an intentional other style of parenting (all nature and free roaming,etc.). But they will focus on it - countless blogs, books from unqualified authors and instagram posts will be read, countless discussions, for them it becomes their hobby…or more.
So…there are some people who have parenting as a hobby. And that doesn’t mean the ones who have no time for hobbies anymore - as parenting is fucking hard sometimes.