Tag: Parenting
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The Boy Crisis
I’ve had to read the Boy Crisis much slower than almost any book. There’s just a lot to take in. It’s not just academic. I’m a man, and a dad. And there’s so much to think about. And so much that makes me so terribly sad. I’m not great at empathy, but I can connect…
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The value of parents, and the failure of their substitutes
The great contribution of parenthood is the ability to convey the greatest depth of love in complement with the greatest of expectations. Nothing less is sufficient to raise human beings to their fullest potential. And neither separately is a stable strategy. It is only by advancing them together, in balance, that the greatest levels of…