Sentence examples for dad was expected from inspiring English sources

Dad was expected to be the primary income earner and to serve as mom's "nuclear option" on the discipline front.

I had lost some things — I used to have a decent backhand slam, and I remember being good at hitting down the line on both sides of the table when my opponent (Dad) was expecting a cross-court shot — but I quickly gained a couple of shots I had never had, such as a backhand chop, which is a defensive shot with backspin, and a forehand drive.

And how can Dad be expected to bring you a medium-rare steak when he has no idea what temp the meat is? Cooking without thermometers is like driving at night without headlights.

"It took a sledgehammer to the most stultifying parts of patriarchy, including the vision of fatherhood in which dads were expected to be distant, stoic, removed creatures from their kids' lives".

These should include: paid leave for new parents so that moms don't have to choose between work and family and dads are expected to do both as well; wide access to both contraception and abortion with the understanding that women want to have sex for pleasure and not just to reproduce; and state-subsidized childcare so that parents aren't bearing the burden alone.

Dads are expected to attend every game.

Even more, dads are expected to coach or assistant coach.

To hear a spokesman for the new production tell it, "The girls seem to be getting along fine". Opening night is Jan . 23 and both dads are expected to be in the audience.

A summer in which Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, Britain's famous gay male dads, are expecting their third child.

Most of my books came from charity shops or the Whipps Cross Hospital fête, where my dad – who as a doctor was expected to put his hand in his pocket on such occasions – would give me pound notes to convert into teetering piles of paperbacks.

For those of us who grew up in a generation or a household where it was expected that Dad was the one responsible for bringing home the money to support the family, and Mom was the one responsible for cleaning the house and raising the kids -- the idea of the woman now being the main breadwinner can be daunting and frankly, disorienting.