Dads swing back.

Here's a great piece on Fathers by Jack Dunphy in this week's National Review. Great stuff.

The far left has done a pretty good demolition job on Dads in the past 30 years or so. To be a single mom is praised by the media, particularly television. Unfortunately, what is shown and praised are single moms that are successful. The reality is very few are successful.

It's not to say us Dads and To-Be Dads are not to blame. We shouldn't neglect our responsibilities to wife and family. Just because we are fed dribble from mentally stunted population that Fathers aren't essential to a family unit, doesn't mean it's true. I love my father very much but part of that love stems from the very healthy fear every child should have of Good Ole' Dad's 'tough love'. Communities are important to providing the kind of positive environment in which our children can be raised, but are no replacement for good mothers and father at home.