The Unsung Heroes: What About Working Dads? On our first "date"after our twin daughters were born, my husband and I went to see the movie Toy Story. We enjoyed it, but afterward my husband asked, " Where was the dad At first, it seemed petty to criticize an entertaining family movie because of one small point. The more I thought about it, however, the more glaring an omission it seemed Not only was dad not around, he wasn't even mentioned despite the fact that there was a baby in the family, so dad couldn't't have been that long gone. It was as if the presence -or absence- of a father is a minor detail, not even requiring an explanation This is only one example of the media trend toward marginalizing fathers, which mirrors enormous social changes/in the United States David Blankenhorn, in his book Fatherless America, refers to this trend as the "unnecessary father"concept We are bombarded by stories about the struggles of working mothers(as opposed to non-working mothers, I suppose). Meanwhile,The Unsung Heroes: What About Working Dads? On our first “date” after our twin daughters were born, my husband and I went to see the movie Toy Story. We enjoyed it, but afterward my husband asked, “Where was the dad?” At first, it seemed petty to criticize an entertaining family movie because of one small point. The more I thought about it, however, the more glaring an omission it seemed. Not only was dad not around, he wasn’t even mentioned — despite the fact that there was a baby in the family, so dad couldn't't have been that long gone. It was as if the presence — or absence — of a father is a minor detail, not even requiring an explanation. This is only one example of the media trend toward marginalizing fathers, which mirrors enormous social changes in the United States. David Blankenhorn, in his book Fatherless America, refers to this trend as the “unnecessary father” concept. We are bombarded by stories about the struggles of working mothers (as opposed to non-working mothers, I suppose). Meanwhile