Bill Maher Calls for ‘Trad Dad’ Revival, Knocks ‘Gentle Parenting’ in Father’s Day Message

TV personality Bill Maher speaks onstage at PETA's 35th Anniversary Party at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California, on Sep. 30, 2015. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for PETA

Television host Bill Maher used this Father’s Day weekend to call for the resurgence of the “trad dad” amid the rise of the “gentle parenting” style of raising children.

In Friday’s “New Rules” segment on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the comedian began by urging his audience to let fathers exercise their role like fathers of the past.