When it comes to kids, there is one things moms will always do better than dads: give birth. Okay, okay, so moms are also the best for snuggling, making boo-boos feel better, and just giving oodles and oodles of hugs and kisses. That's not to say dads don't do any of that, moms are just naturally better at it.
But nature's all about balance, right? So that means there's a boatload of things that dads are pretty good at too. And I don't just mean the stereotypical gender stuff like tossing a baseball or mowing the lawn. No. I'm talking about things that are critical to shaping a young fertile mind. Here's a look at 10 Things Dads Do Better Than Moms:
- Farting. Everybody does it so stop rolling your eyes and pretending you don't. Breaking wind is a rite of passage for kids and dads have no problem teaching their youngins this fine art.
- Sleeping in. Kids love to get up early. Thankfully dad's around to teach them the beauty of sleeping in on the weekends.
- Making game time decisions. Moms always bring lists with them when they go grocery shopping and apparently that actually works. But dads love to show kids that, sometimes, you just need to wing it and ignore the list, bringing home a large barrel of cheese balls and a six-pack of Yoo-Hoo.
- Ignoring screams. Call it patience. Call it selective hearing. Dads are masters at letting their kids scream and whine about something without even responding. Timeframe is doubled if a baseball game's on TV.
- Producing really cool sound effects. Whether it's a vroom, vrooom with some Hot Wheels cars or a Kerpow Kerpow with a laser gun, dads are actually born with an extra muscle in their mouth to help them create kid-style sounds.
- Going out to dinner.. Mom may be a master in the kitchen, but no one grabs the family and heads for takeout faster and better than dear ol' dad.
- Giving your kids vitamin D. With all that sunscreen moms put on their kids, they may as well be wearing overcoats. Dads just lather on a little bit here and there to make sure kids get enough vitamin D from the sun. Sunburns are unfortunately an annoying side effect.
- Writing your name in the snow. This one really only works for boys, but in those cold, wintry months, dads are great at showing their sons how to write their names in the snow.
- Creating laundry. Moms may be good at routinely washing, drying, and folding everyone's clothes, but without dad's ability to spontaneously generate loads of extra dirty clothes on the spot, there wouldn't be that much laundry for mom to do in the first place.
- Making stains. Think your kids are just naturally messy eaters? Uh uh. They learned to spill spaghetti sauce on the couch from the master of disaster himself.
What do you think dads are better at doing than moms?
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I have to agree with Mark on the discipline part: sticking to standards and sometimes being "the bad guy" is NOT a fun role, requiring the commitment that this is for their childrens' own good, the payoff coming later when they come back and say: "Thank you, and you were right!"
I can tell that this list is meant to be facetious, however as a child who was raised by a single father, I know that Daddies do a LOT more than just annoy Mommies!
Rock on, Dads!
Too funny!! I also find that my husband is great at annoying the kids better then I can, and pranks come much easier to him. But if I was to say the #1 thing he is better at then me is protecting the house. I love how protective he is. I can only wait and see the kind of pranks I will endure when my son hits his teen years (which is only 2 years away), he already has them snickering around corners to jump out and scare me and I can say I have been on the recieving end of a bucket of cold water while he is laughing and running away.
Jaime Swift Sundin, what an ignorant, rude remark. Your source of information and fact is The Stir?? Hahahhaha. The Stir purposely culls stories about moms (their target customer base) to incite moms to comment and get more page views = more revenue. You should know that by now. Insurance co and law enforcement stats, otoh, are far more reliable.
Dh does not do 2 He's up before me,4 I'm the one who can ignore the kids for hours,& 6 He only says lets go out to eat when he doesn't feel like cooking either..
funny
I'm not trying to be picky since, after all, *I* don't write for the stir... But, this article seems rather condescending to dads. My husband is good for a lot more than making laundry....