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These are the social bribes that, if your son absorbs them before the point where he is old enough and mature enough to understand their purpose, can make your son a slave to the safety of others with little regard for the safety of himself. (Warren Farrell)
The more survival is at stake, the more we say, "Sorry, it's a girl.” The more luxury we feel, the more we can say, "Sorry, it's a boy.”. View quote
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When your son participates in individual sports, plus both organized and pick-up team sports, he will be experiencing sports as a boy-friendly liberal art. View quote
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The boy crisis cannot be solved, then, without addressing the most important single crisis in developed countries: dad-deprived children, and especially dad-deprived boys. View quote
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Father involvement is an underused resource in the family in the same way that female involvement has been an underused resource in the workplace. View quote
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When he is convicted, on average your son will receive a 63 percent longer sentence. View quote
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Even when race, education, income, and other socioeconomic factors are equal, living without dad doubled a child's chance of dropping out of high school. View quote
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When children in homes with less income and more father were compared to children in homes with more income but less father, there was no difference in the rates of violent crime. View quote
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Half of children born to mothers under thirty were born outside marriage. View quote
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My mom warns and warns; it's like she ‘cries wolf.' My dad gives us one warning, and then he becomes the wolf. View quote
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When Martin teased, he taught Maggie and Marty Jr. to interpret the meaning of a twinkle in his eye, slight alterations of his voice, shifts in his facial expression. (Warren Farrell)
Married couples who tease each other during conflict feel more connected and happier after the conflict than those who criticize in a straightforward way. View quote
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Children express intense dissatisfaction with the traditional arrangement of every other weekend. View quote
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Divorced men are almost ten times more likely to commit suicide than divorced women from similar backgrounds. View quote
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If your son is nontraditional, he needs to know that the most important work of his life is selecting a woman who is free enough from social constraints to free him from social constraints. View quote
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In The Second Stage, Friedan predicted women's career goals would never be achieved if men were not more incorporated into the fathering role. View quote
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Virtually 100 percent of TV ads that portray only one sex as a jerk portray the man as the jerk. View quote
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If your son sees being an oppressor as his future, being a failure to launch might look like progress. View quote
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Our "cultural shrug” toward both the boy crisis and father involvement has led to no significant government effort to reduce the presence of government by increasing the involvement of dads. View quote
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Both parents' cumulative health creates your son's health; your son's health begins before his beginning. View quote
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The female superhero's lack of sexual neediness makes her a "super” superpower. (Warren Farrell)
Preserving the best of traditional masculinity should be a priority of parents because your son is preoccupied with the paradox of learning how to simultaneously fit in and stand out. View quote
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Even if a soldier lives, the risks of war come home with the warrior-that for every soldier killed, about twenty-five veterans kill themselves. View quote
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Compassionate listening positively affects the development of an adolescent's brain in a way that affects the rest of his or her life. View quote
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Counterintuitively, when it comes to a loss of friendships and love, your son is the more vulnerable sex. View quote
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