Taking "Family" Back

I don't know if you know this or not, but the Vice Presidential debate was on last night. I can't find anything about it in the media...

Sheesh.

One of the few refreshing points during last night's debate between Democrate VP candidate Joe Biden and Republich VP candidate Sarah Palin was when Senator Biden took "family" away from Governor Palin.

Here's what I mean:

Check out Biden's last statement:

"But the notion that somehow, because I’m a man, I don’t know what it’s like to raise two kids alone, I don’t know what it’s like to have a child you’re not sure is going to — is going to make it — I understand."

I've mentioned this before. Men are not, nor should they be, separate from or above their family. Not to their spouses. Not to their children. Not to their respective circles. Not to outsiders and certainly not to the government. Period.

Unfortunately, there are many men in this country and in this world whose actions disparage my opinion.

My ex-brother-in-law embodies this. Cheated on his wife. Overpromises and disappears on the kids. Now he has a son who wants nothing to do with him, doesn't respect him and a daughter who clings to the hope that her father will actually be a "dad" someday. Maybe the other child he had, who he claims isn't his, wonders the same thing.

But I digress.

So this post goes out to all those slack and elitist men out there who think that bringing home a paycheck means that their duties as a father and a husband are complete. Be a man and be a dad. Be with your family. Play with your children. Maybe someday this notion that only women raise the children will fade away and the concept that men and women, moms and dads raise a family together will become a common reality.