Good dads get a Mr Miyagi nod

On Sunday I took the five-year-old Egg to a local shopping centre for a movie – our first in a long time, thanksto lockdowns.

The parking lot was quite empty and I drove to the parking spot right in front of the door. The one with a picture of a dress-wearing person holding a toddler’s hand painted on the paving. “No, you can’t park here,” the security guard told me and refused to remove the bright orange cone right in the middle of the parking bay. “It’s reserved for mothers with toddlers.” “I have a toddler here next to...

“No, you can’t park here,” the security guard told me and refused to remove the bright orange cone right in the middle of the parking bay. “It’s reserved for mothers with toddlers.” “But you’re not a mother,” he insisted. “Only mothers with toddlers may park here. Not grandfathers with toddlers.” In the end I just moved to the empty spot next to the one meant for mothers only, and we had enough time for a milkshake before the movie.“What does a good father do that a bad father doesn’t?” I asked him.“I don’t know. I’ve got no experience with the things bad fathers do or don’t do. But from the outside, it looks simple.

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