When my oldest was 14, my husband turned to me after a bout of over-mothering, and said, that I needed to stop. That son needs to be a man one day. Funny enough, a friend I told this interaction to, told me her husband had just said the same thing to her.
Boys need to be allowed to grow into men.
The only way to do that is by showing them how.
Hint- its the same with girls. Girls need good role models, too.
The reality is, we need to teach out children how to be adults and expect them to be adults. And kindness, goodness, compassion, proper priorities is not something that necessarily comes automatically. Whether we like it or not, these things need to be taught by expecting it.
When my oldest was 14, my husband turned to me after a bout of over-mothering, and said, that I needed to stop. That son needs to be a man one day. Funny enough, a friend I told this interaction to, told me her husband had just said the same thing to her.
Boys need to be allowed to grow into men.
The only way to do that is by showing them how.
Hint- its the same with girls. Girls need good role models, too.
The reality is, we need to teach out children how to be adults and expect them to be adults. And kindness, goodness, compassion, proper priorities is not something that necessarily comes automatically. Whether we like it or not, these things need to be taught by expecting it.
“Treating everyone like they really, really matter.” Easier said than done. but if you don’t try, you can never get there.
Just so you know (probably you do), some Hispanic men are Jewish too.
The world needs more women that are not man-hating feminists. It is misandry that causes men to walk away from the culture.