If one word could summarize 2016 in the media, it'd probably be "toxic." We've had to endure, BREXIT, the Stanford rape, a lackluster economy, North Korea testing nuclear weapons, and the American election. It has whipped up an incredible frenzy of bad feeling. Not just there, but around the globe. A lot of parents are uneasy about the future, when so much hate is being directed at women, at minorities, at millennial youth and at men who are "soft" and compassionate, especially with children.
What has happened to us that caring for children has become a sign of weakness? They're our future. We need them to grow up strong. We need them to evolve, and be better than us.
This is why we need more men like Chris Hemsworth.
Chris Hemsworth is showing us that there's nothing unmanly or soft about caring for children. And he makes no secret about it. He supported the Polished Man campaign.
He spends quality time with his kids.
He is affectionate to his wife. And encouraging to his daughter.
He loves his own father and says so.
He's not afraid of letting his inner child come out to play.
He's patient and gentle with those who are smaller and weaker than he is.
Even when they're not his own.
He is generous and respectful of people around him. And he gives back, a lot.
He isn't afraid to tell people when he has made a mistake.
And he'll do anything for his littles. Including protecting them from disappointment.
While it's true that on Instagram we don't see the less-than-perfect moments, it's sad to think that many of these perfect moments are something the men in our lives would prefer not to have the world see either.
This is beautiful. It's manly. It's... love. And no man should be ashamed of aspiring to being a hands-on father.
We need more Chris Hemsworths in our lives.
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