I teach my kids to be non-racist, non-sexist, non-asshole, critical thinkers and they’ve gotten the lesson by themselves that they should pretty much just ignore any advertising or retarded opinion hocking on the TV or internet altogether.

Sorry, I don’t see the big injustice here.

Best part about the world we live in is that we are all entitled to our own opinions.

I’m glad to know there are plenty of other parents out there that are bothered by this. It isn’t only a mom or dad issue.

And we don’t buy Ragu in our house. Never have, never will and as a mom blogger who receives pitches from various companies all the time, I have to say that I agree 100% with what you have to say. My site has the word “parenting” in the title and even though my primary readers are women, my goal was to create a space where both moms and dads, straight or otherwise, married or single, feel comfortable and find a sense of community and support there.

Dads of our generation are a different breed. It’s time the media and larger companies who cater to families start recognizing this.

I agree that stereotyping is bad, no matter which way.
I agree that tweeting someone into a link when there has been zero engagement is poor taste.

However,

I think the heading of this post is really inflammatory and wrong. Ignoring a sector of your audience is not the same as hating. Unwise maybe but hateful – no!

I do think that the entire campaign was judged on the video/s. Videos which were separately created and not any of them were  the “ambassadors” Facebook page pasted in the post following this. I am one of those on the FB page and if you read any of the 20 somewhat posts you would see amazing content creation from recipes to ideas.

I think valid and key points got lost when cheap shots (which I honestly hoped would have been doused to prevent them going on) like the women not even looking good in the video. Like I would tell my 4 year old – be nice and be fair. That was really a mean comment.

Speaking about the quality of the sauce is another thing. That had NOTHING to do with the point yet was ranted often about.

The worst was the lashing and defensive statements about who is really the better cook (famous and better used interchangeably) . These statements do not help, nor does judging the “laziness” of using sauce in a jar. I drag my special needs kid to therapy and sometimes arriving home late I have to opt for a sauce out of a jar, even though I cook most days. Don’t judge – you are not helping everyone see us as one. 

I guess it may be fun for so many to jump on a bandwagon – but maybe this wagon better be steered back to what was once a valid point.

I talked to Ragu today. They TOLD me this was only made for Moms and I told them that it was not a smart move to try to attract dads if the video was made for moms.

As someone who works in this space I always look at both sides, but in my opinion there is only one side being shown. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, but then trying to start a conversation with me and other dads about it? That was the dumb and insulting part to me.

You always have to look at both sides. I am not trying to be hasty or force an opinion, but when controversial things like this come up.. flip the coin and look at the other side. Would your opinion be the same? 

Thanks for the laugh.

No one can tell me how I feel and to me I didn’t like it. Ragu themselves told me this morning they made this video for moms. I’m a Dad. I didn’t like it. Some others will.

To each their own.

Thanks for sticking up for us guys, C.C.!