One of the best memories I have of early parenthood is bathing my infant daughter in the kitchen sink of our small apartment. Water splashed everywhere as she giggled and grasped for the bath toys we dangled over her head to keep her distracted while we got her squeaky clean.
Six years later, while we?ve traded up to a bigger bathtub in a bigger house, bath time is still a key part of our daughter?s bedtime routine and is one of the best parts of mine and my wife?s day. My kid loves the water, and bath time is much less about getting clean than it is a chance to put her goggles on, practice her front crawl (well, as much as she can in a tub) and show us how long she can hold her breath. It’s a fun way to bond, get some one-on-one time, and talk about her day. So when I heard about a recent story that went viral about an Australian mom who has banned her husband from bathing their two daughters, I had a bit of a spit-my-coffee-out moment. Through a Facebook post reported via the UK?s Daily Mirror, the unnamed mom explained that she doesn?t feel comfortable with a man washing girls because she believes that ?girls should be getting washed by their mothers and boys get the same from their fathers,? and that ?it’s just got to do with the fact that mum and daughters have the same parts, same goes for men and their sons.? And if that logic isn?t daft enough, in the next sentence, after acknowledging that her husband ?thinks I think ill of him,? she goes on to basicall...