I just heard about flat daddy and then found this news article. Then I found this place to buy them online. This blog writes a great piece on the phenomenon...
I have a lot of opinions about this.... one concern is.... These cardboard images might also have an ironic effect in terms of the families involved on a personal level, too. What if the kids come to prefer the cardboard cutouts to their real flesh and blood parents? We don't know if this boy's actual father would ever ride on the swing set with his son. Flat daddies can become fantasy objects for their families--they're always there, never loose their tempers and don't make any demands. What happens when a real parent, perhaps traumatized by the war, comes home and has to compete with their cutout? Their families have learned to function without them. The transition from non-demanding Flat Daddy back to emotionally complicated Real Daddy could be a tough one for military families.
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That is really funny. Are you gonna get one? I see how it could pose some problems... Could flat daddy live in a special closet while real daddy's home? It might be fun to make a flat daddy house. Would flat daddy sleep with you? It's not called flat hubby...
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