Comments on A Blogger and a Father: Storyville Librarians Give Fathers Parenting Lesso...

It could be a really fun place, but as long as it&...

2010-03-29T10:52:13.286-04:00

It could be a really fun place, but as long as it's run by people who feel fathers need to be tested before they're accepted as normal parents, it's not a place I can visit.

It is quite horrible to see such old practises sti...

2010-03-26T10:01:03.016-04:00

It is quite horrible to see such old practises still in use in such an environment like this one. I thought the idea was to engage fathers to take a great and strong parenting role.

Storyville certainly sounds like somewhere i will definitely NOT be visiting as a father if i'm left feeling that unwelcome!

Thanks for sharing.

It's a group of stay at home fathers, so you k...

2009-12-26T13:50:48.993-05:00

It's a group of stay at home fathers, so you know they (we) are very involved. It's just that some places, like Storyville, are so entrenched in old ways of thinking, that for a group of fathers to go there would be a waste of everyone's time. We'll just take our non-existent business elsewhere.

Happy Holidays to you too. And thanks for the comments.

I hope they don't get too discouraged. My kid...

2009-12-25T13:39:16.667-05:00

I hope they don't get too discouraged. My kid is 7 years old and my father-in-law has never been to ONE of her functions including the birth, chritening, dance recitals, b-days and etc. I would pick a crapy male involvement over none so add to that all the WONDERFUL male involvement your group provides and my hope in humanity actually grows!

Don't let the experts of the world lessen the greatness you men are providing even if you actually HAD been in the wrong.

Happy Holidays my brother!

The Man, That could be a good idea... I was thinki...

2009-12-24T19:04:27.417-05:00

The Man, That could be a good idea... I was thinking of going there and starting to complain to the librarian every time a kid walks more than two feet away from a mother--see if the librarian gathers all the mothers to give them parenting lessons.

But I think the group is done with that place, to be honest. When I asked them what happened they seemed too depressed to even get angry about it.

In reading this (and being horribly disgusted), I ...

2009-12-23T10:10:02.183-05:00

In reading this (and being horribly disgusted), I couldn't help but wonder what kind of parenting advice you might get if the entire group showed up next time with their children on those aweful backpack\leash combos.

"Look at that father using a leash to keep his kid so close! Isn't that aweful!". I might even be inclined to tell them it was the policy of the establishment.

If you guys do it, we had better get pictures.

DGB, my first comment when I got the email from on...

2009-12-19T14:34:31.577-05:00

DGB, my first comment when I got the email from one of the fathers who was there, was that it's a good thing I wasn't there, because being my father's son, I would have made a scene. I'm sensitive about stuff like that. ( <== about women giving fathers parenting lessons, not about things going were they shouldn't. Well, I'm sensitive about that too).

I would've had some kind words for that librar...

2009-12-18T14:06:54.002-05:00

I would've had some kind words for that librarian. Something about placing things where things aren't usually placed.

MommyK, thanks for the Wow, first of all. It's...

2009-12-17T22:29:53.722-05:00

MommyK, thanks for the Wow, first of all. It's good to know I'm not the only one who finds it all a bit shocking. Storyville could potentially be a great place, but as long as it's run by people who know better than I do how to raise my boy, I don't consider myself welcome.

Wow. Amazing. I did hear about a time when some ...

2009-12-17T20:27:38.474-05:00

Wow. Amazing. I did hear about a time when some moms were at Storyville and the librarian chastised one of the mothers for leaving her child "unattended" when the kid was just 5 feet away. I've never been to Storyville, but after reading this, I'm not inclined to try it out. I'll stick to my local branch of the EPFL, which may not have a fancy "interaction" area, but the children's librarian knows my kids by name and is always happy to see us.