Study: Real fathers fail to measure up to televised versions

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2007-09-09 20:16

Story here. Excerpt:

'Fathers in the USA are a lot less supportive and accepting than TV sitcom dads, even falling short of the low bar set by Homer Simpson, a study of college students' views suggests.

Many young people blame constant work demands — seldom portrayed on TV — for draining their fathers' energy and time from parenting, says Janice Kelly, a communications researcher at Marymount Manhattan College in New York.
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She showed episodes from eight comedies to 108 college students. The programs were as diverse as The George Lopez Show, The Simpsons, My Wife and Kids and Everyone Loves Raymond. She asked the students to rate TV fathers and their own on such qualities as support, guidance, acceptance of other family members and oppositional behavior (for example, ridiculing children). On every measure, TV fathers were rated significantly better than the students' own dads.'

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Ed. note: Just so happens I found this today: Survey: Working dads want more family time

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Would someone please tell me when there has even been an accurate depiction of any real person, on any sitcom? The people doing the study need to study their own I.Q.'s, too see if they're too low.

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Mon, 2007-09-10 02:12

... than the workaholic absent dads that our free market "We're Number One!" culture celebrates...

Dads are commodities.

Cheap and disposable.

Sadly, so are moms.

Welcome to the MallofAmericanFamilies.

Your life has already been discounted!

We offer you ... CHEAP!

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Submitted by Roy on Mon, 2007-09-10 03:31