Although the children's father can be motivated to involve himself in such manly pursuits as shooting at stray rodents with an air gun and cheering at Laurie's Little League games, he is mostly a stereotypical hands-off father who makes domestic proclamations from behind his newspaper.
Although the children's father can be motivated to participate in masculine activities such as hunting small game with an air rifle and cheering at Laurie's Little League games, he is primarily a typical absentee father who issues domestic decrees from behind his newspaper.