What is it about those bearded bad boys of babywearing? You’ve seen them around, probably wearing an ironic tshirt and sipping kombucha from a mason jar. But something magical happens when that guy straps a baby to his chest. Like some kind of comic book hero, he is instantly transformed into Uber-Cool-Babywearing-Dad-Dude, saving the world from mainstream mediocrity one kid at a time!
There’s nothing wrong with embracing a counterculture couture. But no matter how many hours you’ve spent under the tattoo gun, how long your dreads are, or how many piercings you have: Parenting humanizes us. It breaks through the societal boundaries we have constructed for ourselves, and opens our eyes to the common human experience, however magical or mundane it may seem.
“A paradoxical yin yang of innocence and insubordination…”
Admit it, there is something beautiful about seeing a pair of heavily tattooed arms in contrast with the perfectly pure skin of a newborn babe. A paradoxical yin yang of innocence and insubordination.
Who knew that a mei tai would become the ultimate fashion accessory for men? But if you’ve ever had to wash spit up out of your beard, or wear your kid’s My Little Pony backpack in public, then you know that Attachment Parenting is not about being fashionable or hip. It’s simply about being “dad”… and guys, it doesn’t get any cooler than that.
