Beyond the Cult of Fatherhood

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Critical Paper
David Osborne wrote “Beyond the Cult of Fatherhood”. It reflects on the hardships and difficulties of being a full-time parent and having a full-time job. The story recreates a day in the life of a household father. While the storyline follows David Osborne’s day, the message or theme in “Beyond the Cult of Fatherhood” is to outline the responsibilities of working parents in today’s society.
The theme of David Osborne’s responsibilities is framed around being a household father. I feel that when Rose, who is at work all day in the hospital, is able to stay with their son; David has a harsh tone towards what she does. He is the one who actually does most of the caring for Nick. When his wife’s maternal instincts kick in, she undermines David for Rose thinks she knows what to do, but this is what he does everyday. It is kind of ironic that she is an OBG/YN, which has to deal with babies everyday, but she does not really know a thing about raising a child of her own. I find this somewhat ignorant. David knows better on how to deal with Nick. I think they should sit down and have a good talk on their feelings.
David Osborne’s attitude towards being a father is that “Part of the reason I love my role as a father is that I am secure in my role as a writer. Without that, I would not feel good enough about myself to be the kind of father that I am.” Even though there are difficulties and time constraints on his schedules, he draws strengths from what he does. I find it admirable that he takes on this much responsibility, but today a lot of people do the same. I find it interesting that he says in the story that he has no real time to write because of Nick, but then how was he able to write this story down.
David’s style of writing is very realistic. When you read “Beyond the Cult of Fatherhood”, the text is very easy to relate to, and I find this kind of reading very enjoyable bec...