Aspirational kitchen gear: There are now so many gift options for the dad who works in the kitchen, from Le Creuset cookware and chef’s knives to Instant Pots. — Handout
WITH Fathers Day today, I, like many newish fathers around my age, was asked what I would like this year. Being relatively new at being on the receiving end of this holiday, I think back to how Fathers Day was marketed when I was a kid. The popular gifts were things like neckties and tool belts that you’d buy at Sears. It all feels like something out of the Reagan era.
As lifestyles have changed, with young people living in cities later in life and delaying homeownership in the US, and as gender roles have shifted, the “cars and tools” aesthetic isn’t as popular with young fathers here as it used to be.
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