Tyrades!

My new supervisor anticipates being a first-time father in a few months.

I hope he doesn’t become one of THOSE fathers.

Most fathers take a laidback, minimalist approach; but a few are overly competitive about being cool, outshining mom or presenting a perfect-parent image to their peers. (“Yeah, I’m keeping up with the Joneses – using my Army surplus helicopter-parent HELICOPTER. Run, Joneses, run!”)

Whether they feel disrespected (Americans spend only half as much on Father’s Day as on Mother’s Day) or view a “World’s Greatest Dad” mug with the attitude “I’m not accepting anything unless I E...