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Man Berated for “Unnatural” Behavior With Children at Disneyland

A confused mother recently took to social media for answers after other Disneyland Resort guests questioned her and her husband’s choices as parents.

Mel (@mel.on.medicine on TikTok) visited Disneyland Resort with her two-month-old baby and husband. The parents shared childcaring duties, but her husband primarily “wore” the young child while walking through Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure Park, and Downtown Disney District.

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The Southern California Disney Park guests were surprised to find themselves “berated” by others for the father’s decision to baby-wear.

@mel.on.medicine

I thought we wanted present fathers? Is this a new controversial thing? #momof3

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“That’s how we got around the park,” Mel said. “That’s how we were able to do things…The amount of times people stopped my husband to tell him how unnatural this was.”

“First time it happened, we had this buff military-looking guy come up to my husband and was like, ‘This is wrong. This is so wrong,'” she recalled. “My husband goes, ‘Well, I don’t think it’s wrong at all. What’s wrong?'”

“You shouldn’t be doing something so feminine,” the man said. “You shouldn’t be doing this. This is just so wrong. Where is your wife?”

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“I don’t think it’s wrong,” the Disney dad replied. “If your masculinity is so fragile that it’s threatened by taking care of a baby, maybe you need to look at yourself.”

The man walked away, mumbling that the country is “going to sh*t.”

Mel said multiple “older women” also stopped her husband at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park to ask where the infant’s mother was.

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“There were at least four separate instances,” she recalled. “I didn’t think it was a controversial thing to have fathers present in their children’s lives.”

Disney Parks fans overwhelmingly agreed there was nothing wrong with a man baby-wearing his child at a theme park–or anywhere.

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“[People] should just mind their own business and let fathers be fathers,” one commenter wrote.

“That’s incredibly weird,” said another. “…My husband baby wears all the time and all he gets is high praise as though it’s so admirable of him.”

Do parents have equal responsibilities when visiting Disneyland Resort or Walt Disney World Resort? Share your opinion with Disney Dining in the comments.  

Jess Colopy

Jess Colopy is a Disney College Program alum and kid-at-heart. When she’s not furiously typing in a coffee shop, you can find her on the hunt for the newest Stitch pin.

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