Which TV Dad Are You?

Quiz

1. What is the typical dinnertime like at your house?

  • The family all gathers at the table and discusses the events of the day.
  • Your wife makes dinner, and you scarf it down as quickly as possible.
  • You all eat dinner together - in front of the TV.
  • It's every man for himself.

2. How do you react when your kids get in trouble at school?

  • Boys will be boys!
  • They're cruisin' for a bruisin'!
  • This is a teachable moment.
  • I don't need this aggravation!

3. Your child agrees to help with household chores, but only in exchange for money. How do you respond?

  • You agree to pay him.
  • You sit him down and tell him a long and comical story about the way things were in the olden days, when kids helped out around the house because it was the right thing to do.
  • You yell at him.
  • You sigh, and hope somebody else ends up taking care of business. Preferably mom.

4. Your son is building a soapbox derby racer in the garage. What do you do?

  • You provide guidance and supervision, but make sure he's doing the bulk of the work.
  • You take charge of the project.
  • You leave him to his own devices, because boys learn best on their own.
  • You mock him for using too small a welding torch.

5. How many of your kids' friends can you name?

  • All of them!
  • Most of them, but it's hard to keep track
  • One or two close ones.
  • You can vaguely describe them. You know, like that one kid who's always got his hands in his pockets.

6. Your kids are performing at a school recital. Where are you most likely to be found?

  • Sitting in the front row.
  • Sitting at the back of the auditorium, leaving when their performance is over.
  • On the living room couch.
  • On a bar stool.

7. What best describes your relationship with your wife?

  • Each day with her is more agonizing than the last.
  • She's probably too good for me.
  • We're equal partners when it comes to running the household and raising our kids.
  • I'm the man of the house, and she is the dutiful homemaker.

8. In terms of your professional career, which best describes you?

  • Underemployed and apathetic.
  • Underqualified and in over your head.
  • A dashing, upwardly mobile company man.
  • Self-employed and loving it.

1. What is the typical dinnertime like at your house?
It's every man for himself.

2. How do you react when your kids get in trouble at school?
I don't need this aggravation!

3. Your child agrees to help with household chores, but only in exchange for money. How do you respond?
You sigh, and hope somebody else ends up taking care of business. Preferably mom.

4. Your son is building a soapbox derby racer in the garage. What do you do?
You mock him for using too small a welding torch.

5. How many of your kids' friends can you name?
You can vaguely describe them. You know, like that one kid who's always got his hands in his pockets.

6. Your kids are performing at a school recital. Where are you most likely to be found?
On a bar stool.

7. What best describes your relationship with your wife?
I'm the man of the house, and she is the dutiful homemaker.

8. In terms of your professional career, which best describes you?
Self-employed and loving it.

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