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RUSH: This is a story again from the UK Telegraph. ‘Fathers should strip off their shirts before holding their newborn babies to aid the ‘bonding\u2019 process, says a booklet funded by the Government. The pamphlet, which has prompted accusations about interference from the nanny state, also recommends that they should gaze into their baby\u2019s eyes for short periods to develop the child\u2019s brain. The booklet, Including New Fathers: A Guide for Maternity Professionals, has been published by Fathers Direct, a publicly funded charity that advises the Government on fatherhood.\u2019 We actually need the government telling us how to raise our kids. ‘Look your baby in the eye.\u2019 I bet nobody ever thought to do that on their own, did they? You let the social services people find out that fathers are taking off their shirts to hug little babies&hellip; wait \u2019til mom gets mad at dad, calls social services, ho-ho-ho-ho. You know that will happen. ‘Prof Frank Furedi, the author of Paranoid Parenting, said: ‘It is treating men as complete morons who can\u2019t work out for themselves how to wash their child\u2019s ears.”<\/p>\n

It is treating men as morons. In fact, we\u2019ve got the audio from the Lowe\u2019s ad that we talked about on Friday that led to such stirring discussions on this program<\/a>. Let\u2019s go to audio sound bite number two. This is the audio from the Lowe\u2019s ad. If you weren\u2019t with us on Friday, what happened was that a guy called about this ad and said, ‘I\u2019m sick and tired of these commercials making us men look like absolute idiots and brainless and so forth.\u2019 I hadn\u2019t seen the ad, so I had to take everybody\u2019s word for what it said. This launched a very fascinating, as all discussions are here, discussion on advertising and what it means and how to watch it. So here\u2019s the audio of the Lowe\u2019s ad, which dovetails with this story from the UK treating men as complete morons.<\/p>\n

WIFE: Honey, look, isn\u2019t this tile perfect? It\u2019s called Roman stone.<\/p>\n

HUSBAND: Too hard to install.<\/p>\n

WIFE: Nice detail.<\/p>\n

HUSBAND: Intricate. Too hard to install.<\/p>\n

WIFE: And this detailed border.<\/p>\n

HUSBAND: Too hard to install.<\/p>\n

LOWE\u2019S WOMAN: By the way, it\u2019s easy to install.<\/p>\n

HUSBAND: Really?<\/p>\n

MALE ANNOUNCER: At Lowe\u2019s, we not only have a huge selection of tile, but we make it easy to find the right look for you.<\/p>\n

WIFE: Well, what do you think?<\/p>\n

HUSBAND: You were right, I was wrong.<\/p>\n

MALE ANNOUNCER: Lowe\u2019s. Let\u2019s build something together. Come to Lowe\u2019s now and get 20% off all special-order flooring. Now through July 8th.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (Laughing.) Too hard to install, too hard to install, you were right, I was wrong. That\u2019s funny. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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