Sublime

I am gathering my observations in a letter. When my granddaughter reaches her late teens or early twenties, I will make sure that my letter finds its way to her, with a preface something like this: “Here is a sketch of who you were from your earliest days in this world. It is not a definitive picture—only you can draw that. But it was sketched by a

Sociologist Michael Kimmel, director of the Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities (yes, this exists) at Stony Brook University, says that men tend to pitch in more with childcare than with housework—but as with housework, they’re selective about the kind of childcare that they will do. “What happens in a lot of middle-class families is that

Sean’s goal of achieving a target profit and not exceeding it comes from shaping his business around an optimal life he wants to lead — complete with taking a three-month vacation each year with his wife and spending hours walking, cooking, and teaching and tutoring his two young nieces each day.

Five years: – if he could only be sure that she cared for him more than for others; if he could only make her aware that he stood aloof until he could tell his love without lowering himself – then he could go away easily, and begin a career which at five-and-twenty seemed probable enough in the inward order of things, where talent brings fame, and

On the other hand, most men don’t have a clue who they are or who they’re supposed to be. Which means our sons don’t know how to become who they’re supposed to be, and that leads to a huge area of confusion. You can help eliminate this confusion for your son by walking through this chapter of self-discovery with him. Nate and I began this part of t

where you have a reason, you have character desire.

Her behavior seems to justify the man’s belief that he must take care of his wife—but does it? When he takes responsibility for her, he deprives her of the opportunity to learn how to care for herself and thus maintains her dependence. In my experience, the man’s need to be responsible for his wife is not based so much on necessity or desirability

own self-worth to continuous obsession with the children’s wellbeing as a means to earn approval and be “a good mother,” which in turn leads her to mature herself in some key areas, though not all. She may pressure her detached husband to change his behaviors and “become a better father,” but because he does not experience the emotional urgency in