Yesterday, both Jason and I received happy Father's Day wishes. Since neither of us are fathers, we promised to pass the message along to our fathers. As such, I should like to make a brief aside to my father:
Happy Father's Day, Dad!
I'll grant you, of the two such addresses that I received, only one assumed that I was a father, as the other address was tempered with a conditional clause. Jason, being eight years older than myself, though, must have received half a dozen to a dozen such wishes. Around here, at least in the circles I have been running in, it seems to be the cultural expectation that people will start having kids young, whether or not they are married. I must confess, before this summer I had never heard the terms "baby mommy," and "baby daddy" before. In case the name itself doesn't make the definition entirely clear, a "baby mommy" is the woman a man makes a baby with, regardless of whether they are married, engaged, cohabitating, divorced, separated, or nearly strangers.
It's certainly a different culture than Calvin College.
ReplyDeleteYup, welcome to the real world. The question is - at what level can we enact the most powerful chance of changing future generations? The parents who will raise their kids differently? The kids? Both? You'll probably learn a lot more things this summer that you'd never thought about/realized before. That's the importance of traveling, moving, expanding your mind - but just remember your Foundation. (And if you ever have questions about things you're struggling with - I can't promise answers, but there's a chance I've struggled with the same issue before) Love you!
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