There are loads of stereotypical behaviours in hetro-parents. E.g.: Dad is there less, but when he spends time with the kids alone, everything goes. You’ll order take-out and watch crazy ageinappropriate movies till way past your bedtime.
Mum runs the show. She wakes you up, puts out clothes when your younger. She cooks, makes appointments, organizes your hobbies and playdates.
And whenerver you ask if you can get something a little more expensive, or if you can go see your ffiend it’s “ask your mother”.
Are there comparable common dynamics in lesbian or gay parents, or are they percieved less, because both parents are of the same gender which automaticly dissolves these gender-roles from the beginning.
You mean he just happened to have a long commute and it didn’t have anything to do with the only social expectation of fathers was to earn money?
Yeah, for the most part. He definitely was present and engaged with us despite having a good deal of the boomer parent tropes like “ask your mom” or running off to the basement to scream at a sporting event and drink beer away from the family. Like, I remember he went to all the parent teacher conferences, not just my mom, or he would take off to go on some of the field trips.