LifestyleThe GuardianMy ideal man? I’ll take a carer over an adventurer, any day | Emma Beddington
A columnist reflects on the US survival show Alone and what it reveals about men who choose adventure over being present for their families.
Is it ever OK to leave your family – including small children – to live in the wilderness or walk around the world? The latest season of Alone – the US TV competition in which cocky survivalists are dropped into a remote, inhospitable wilderness only to be rapidly humbled by squirrels and their own
The latest season of Alone, the US wilderness survival competition, prompted a columnist to write about men and their complicated relationship with fatherhood.
One contestant tapped out on day three saying a good father does not take days off, while others stayed on despite missing their children and partners.
The columnist argues she would choose a man who shows up as a carer over one chasing adventure, any day of the week.
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