First time Father
We have seen that the amount of time a father spends with a child is “one of the strongest predictors of empathy in adulthood.”6 Teaching a child to treat boundaries seriously teaches him or her to respect the needs of others.
John Gray PhD • The Boy Crisis
It’s a strange thing, being the parent of a teenager. One thing to raise a little boy, another entirely when a person on the brink of adulthood looks to you for wisdom. I feel like I have little to give. I know there are fathers who see the world a certain way, with clarity and confidence, who know just what to say to their sons and daughters. But
... See moreBlake Crouch • Dark Matter: A Novel
Hang-loose fatherhood, no matter how loving, is not an acceptable answer for today’s young men. They need something more to keep them from losing their way.
Robert Lewis • Raising a Modern-Day Knight
If you’ve read my letters to my son, Myles, you know I am madly in love with him, and I love sharing with the world this love I did not get to experience myself. He’s given me a new sense of purpose. (I hate disclaimers, but I feel like I had to set this up for what I’m about to say.)
At the same time, I struggle with how much my marriage changed so... See more
At the same time, I struggle with how much my marriage changed so... See more
Caroline Cala Donofrio • "No One Really Prepares You for the Kind of Math When 1+1=3 "
J’ai longtemps pensé que devenir père signifierait devoir renoncer à mes rêves. J’avais fini par m’en persuader. Mais j’avais tort. En vérité, je craignais de ne pas être à la hauteur. Être parent est le plus grand des défis.
Ulysse Lubin • 1000 Jours en quête de sens: Une odyssée moderne (French Edition)
“My mom warns and warns; it’s like she ‘cries wolf.’ My dad gives us one warning, and then he becomes the wolf.”
John Gray PhD • The Boy Crisis
A dad needs to be able to contribute a countervailing consideration to mom’s fear: the value of learning to explore with dad as a GPS as needed, so they don’t get too lost.