In honor of Father’s Day this weekend, I thought I’d send out a mass THANK YOU to all of you moms, who actually enabled us Dads to celebrate Father’s Day (last I checked, we could not reproduce on our own).

Since my own wife has banned me from my buying gifts for her (since she said she received too many on Mother’s Day), I am hoping that this tribute to the women in our lives will make her smile.

But while I’ve got you here, I thought I’d opine on the state of the American dad as sparked by Lisa Belkin’s recent piece in the NY Times and our own WIM bloggers writing on the recent Dad survey…

Okay, so I know we’re not perfect.

We (me) are too obsessed with sports (sue me, the Red Sox and Celtics haven’t been this good since I was NINE).

We don’t do enough around the house (psst, Nataly tells you how to make your hubby do MORE).

We don’t make enough money (some of us).

We don’t know how to dress our children properly (me).

And overall, we’re generally dirty and unmannered.

But 37% of us would stay home full time. HUH?!? I read that report and laughed. There is NO WAY that those 37% would stay home - WHY? Because it’s easier than going to work, or because they feel guilty because they work too much and don’t see their kids enough? I don’t see my daughter enough, but there is no way I’d become a SAHD. Part time? Maybe. But a SAHD - c’mon, any father who answered they’d want to do that has never spent a full sick day with his own child.

Now, onto Belkin’s piece, which speaks to the growing trend of SAHDs and what they do when they re-enter the workforce - her advice: keep one foot in the professional world, both for the future of your career as well as so you can have something to discuss with the neighbors at all of your get-togethers. Seems like sound advice, but overall, I think this trend will fade; the number of SAHDs is tiny - it may be growing, but it had to grow. I think it will rise a little more but will eventually plateau - The sad reality is that we cannot replace Mom.

And now that I’ve stepped down off my soapbox, Happy Father’s Day! (And please share your thoughts in the comments!)

ps: Go Celtics!