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An Open Letter To Single Dads

This one is for you!

Taylor Hawks

Dec 26, 2016

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Dear Single Dads,

First, I just want to say what a great job you are doing! Being a single parent is hard!

You guys, are underrated. Not many people talk about the lives of single dads. They do not talk about how some men struggle to keep up their daughter's hair, or do their nails, and all the girly things a lot of little girls like to do. But you are doing your best, and I know your children appreciate it.

Being a single dad probably is not easy in the slightest, and you do not get much recognition. People have a stereotype that dads just sit around, drink beer, and watch football all the time, but single dads do not. They chase their kids around, keep clothes on them when they are running around taking them off. Single dads are trying their best to make a good meal without burning it so their kids do not go to bed hungry. Single dads are getting lunches ready, backpacks put up, making sure homework is done, not to mention baths and laundry.

Single dads are amazing. I appreciate single dads in the fullest. Do I have a single dad? No, but I see single dads doing their very best to make their kids happy, even if they are struggling. I think it is a learning process, and overall, they end up having fun learning to cook, do their daughter's hair (and even makeup), and let's not forget nails!

Single dads (especially of little girls) sit through having makeovers just to see their baby girl smile, laugh, and giggle at how pretty daddy looks, or how goofy he is. Not to mention tea parties and barbies!

Being a single dad of little boys can be challenging as well; boys can be fearless, and scare the crap out of their parent by jumping off the couch onto a hard floor or climbing on things they should not be climbing on. Little boys can be so energetic...they can go for hours and hours and not tired anytime soon. Also, potty training is harder for little boys! So these dads try to teach them how to pee standing over the toilet instead of sitting.

All and all, your children love you with all of their hearts, and I know they love you. You do everything within your power to care for them, play with them, and most of all you have the patience with them. The small and simple things really go a long way -- it is the love that goes into your kids that means the most, and since you are a single dad you get to love them twice as much, and twice as hard.

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