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I stopped watching television a while ago; are there many positive fictional representations of fathers in mass media? I've read that this is a bit of a problem. What do you think?
Traditional gender roles are a thing of the past. Society has changed, and we have to deal with it. Stay-at-home mom? A rare luxury. Stay-at-home dad? A freak occurrence. We are being squeezed to a point that makes the stereotypical middle-class '50s family look like a fantasy that never happened. Did it happen? In my own situation, if we ever have children, I think I'll be doing much of the childcare because I'm the one who can realistically work from home. It may seem counterintuitive if you consider evolutionary roles we come from (hunter vs. gatherer), but maybe this is what Darwin meant by the survival of the fittest. You either adapt, or you don't raise a family. It's up to you.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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