Being A Daddy - Ode to The Cosby Show
Is it me of does Russell look like he had to ask permission to be in the picture.
Things we hear about but never see... FATHERS. Yes folks I was one of those kids who grew up w/o a father. I watched my mother struggle as a single parent until she hooked up w/ the man who would save my life and I not know it. Willie B. My childhood memory remembers him as a small man who wore bright colored suits all the time. I used to think he was a pimp... But he was just a barber so I guess that's the same thing. But he never really interjected himself into my life but I learned a lot from watching him.
As a child I was basically raised by the Cosby show I told myself that I wanted to be just like Heathcliff Huxatable. So in honor of my home girl Thembi and her ode to Good Times. I'm posting my top five father moments from the Cosby show. These Father are 5 qualities strive to have while raising my daughter
[Music] ~ [Discipline] ~ [Being Cool] ~ [Manhood] ~ [Manners]
Is you put your mouse over the link you'll be able to watch the episode.
Music
One quality I feel a good father needs to have is the ability to relate to your childs music. Now I know some of the songs my daughter like are filled w/ hidden meaning and innuendos but I know when I was in 6th grade I didn't know what half of the song i loved meant.
Discipline
A father has to know when to put his foot down. All too often I see spoiled ass children in the malls and grocery stores running a muck. With the proper guidance beating w/ belts can be avoided if you instill the right kind of values in your child and in that part of the Cosby Show which happens to be one of my favorite... "I'll ride a motor bikeeee!!" Cliff does the thing and counters Theo's request to settle for being a D student.
Being Cool
I've always had a cool mom, so it only figures I'd be the cool dad. Kids love me, and being able to entertain and not come off as lame. Which i will probably be in my kids eyes is something that I plan to be. Even if it means embarrassing my daughters.
Manhood
Women of today are stuck in bad relationships w/ bad men and find themselves in a never ending cycle of Dogs. I feel like this is because their fathers never showed them how a woman should be treated by letting their children see a healthy relationship between their parents. And sometime the other parent (father or mother) may make it hard but this is a perfect example of what love is like and how a woman should be treated.
Manners
This is one of if not my favorite episode of the Cosby Show, Who is it? WHO IT IS!!!! LMYAOWTTB (Laffin my yella ass off while typing this blog). A parents main responsibility is to teach their child manners and give them some sort of home training. I took my daughter skating last weekend and we stopped at KFC for lunch and this little boy was running around the dining area. Now I would have let my daughter run around being as it wasn't crowded but this little brat came right up to my table and proceeded to start blowing on the table and over my food. I screamed across the room. Umm Could you please come get this so called little boy!! he's breathing on my food and i'm bout to smack the him.
