It's Time to Reform Father's Day
This afternoon, I was shopping at one of those shopping malls, when I noticed an overabundance of "World's Best Dad" t-shirts, mugs, barbecue supplies, and a plethora of other flimflam. Sure, it's easy to say to dad, "You're the best!" but what does that even mean? Without metrics or any kind of objective evaluation, it's merely a platitude.
The children of our nation face an uncertain future. Parents have let them fall further and further behind the Chinese children with their superior tiger parents. Yet, as I looked in this Hallmark Store, I found not a single "Pretty Good Dad", "Adequate Dad", or "Needing Improvement Dad". I would estimate that about half the dads in this country are adequate and maybe 1/3 of them could be called good. At best 5% of the dad's could be called very good, but great? I would expect less than 1% of dads could truly be called great. The odds that 30
TP for CPS
As an organization, Last Stand for Children First, is thrilled to stand behind the TP for CPS campaign. If you have extra toilet paper sitting around the house, won't you please don't to our children's future?
