Father or Dad?
By jessemt35
@jessemt35 (294)
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5 responses
@nancygibson (3736)
• France
2 May 07
I suspect for most people the terms are interchangeable, but in this day and age many children have a biological father who may not be the 'dad' who is around the house, living with their mother, and who they spend the most quality time with. If they want to differentiate between the too thats fine I think.
@jessemt35 (294)
• Qatar
2 May 07
Indeed you are right when you said that, this days the word father has lost it real deep sense of meaning and been replaced by the subjective word "dad". People nowadays reduces the word "father" into an objective word. But IMHO, father connotes a lot of meaning including the word "dad" not just a sperm donor nor a biological one.
@firemansgirl001 (916)
• United States
1 May 07
The difference anyone can father a child. It takes a real man to be a dad. To be there through it all. A father is just a name. NOthing more
@jessemt35 (294)
• Qatar
3 May 07
What about dad it is also a name and nothing more am I right? Please elaborate what do mean when you say a father is just a name.
@floramwaters (1595)
• United States
2 May 07
This is what I have always said "Any boy can be a father, but it takes a real man to be a dad." (This goes for moms too) A dad loves his children play with them make them fell better then they are hurt or sick. A dad will stand by his child/ren now matter what.
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
1 May 07
A father donates sperm to the mother to help make a baby. A Dad loves that child. He helps to raise the child. He changes diapers,gets up in the middle of the night to feed the baby. He takes the child fishing,he coaches their ball team. He puts a band-aid on skinned knees. Any male can be a sperm donor,It takes a real man to be a Dad.
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
11 Oct 07
The word generally mean the same thing, but I feel that the word father has a greater meaning then dad dose. someone who greatly loves their father would use father instead of dad and someone who rarly see their father or has no real relationship with them might use dad and father is more respectful than dad is.
