Fellow dad support

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Permalink Reply by Navy Dads Co-Admin Tom on September 21, 2016 at 9:50am

The activity ebbs and flows with each new week. Some parent groups are much more active than others. Usually all it takes is a parent or two to start a group....If you build it, they will come! Men generally come looking for information and tend to be less emotional. I guess that it is just how we were raised by society. That certainly isn't to say that the emotions aren't there! I have found that once one Dad opens up, there is usually an outpouring of support from many others who are going through the same emotional roller- coaster. I can tell you.....that on the day of PIR....when that rollup door opens....the tears are the same from both Moms and Dads!

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Permalink Reply by Tony Strickland on September 21, 2016 at 11:16pm

John,

You make some great points and have some valid questions. My hat is off to you for raising your son. I could not imagine what stength that took, never experiencing that myself. My career has afforded me the opportunity to be "Mr. Mom" throughout my kids lives, but this pales in comparison to your experiences. Both of my kids are now gone (daughter moved out in June and was married in August), so I'm sure my wife and I will be going through some withdrawals. As for me, I'm not typical when it comes to my emotions, happy or sad. They are out there and people will see them, I generally don't keep them in.

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Permalink Reply by Phil Shannon on September 29, 2016 at 11:44am

I think I'm an exception but wanted to respond. Great post! Although I made it through high school and college, I have great difficulty reading books. I think it's short attention span sort of thing. I've started to read tons of books, think I've only ever completed one. As I said, I think most people and men do read books or at least could read one if they wanted to. So I think you have a great idea about writing a book. Society definitely stereotypes men along with just about everything else. I haven't been coming to this site much lately, that goes in flows as some mentioned. But I do like to come here and read up on what the dads are going through with PIR and schools. 

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Permalink Reply by John Alan DeMarco on September 30, 2016 at 8:10am

It would not be a book I could write alone. I would need lots of stories From other dads. Every recruits path is different. I really enjoyed looking back and reading your daughters journey to sailor.

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