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Warren Farrell
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“Playing with dad is like being on a roller coaster—kids are excited because they feel safe.”
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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.”
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“The exchange of wit-covered put-downs is boys’ and men’s unconscious way of training each other to handle the criticism it takes to become successful.”
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“The trading of wit-covered put-downs is boys and men training each other to handle criticism, unconsciously knowing that the ability to handle criticism is a prerequisite to success.”
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“Among guys, if you can’t tease ’em, you can’t trust ’em.”
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“Married couples who tease each other during conflict feel more connected and happier after the conflict than those who criticize in a straightforward way.”
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“Especially in the military, hazing helps recruits amputate each other’s individuality because the war machine works best with standardized parts, not with people who say, “I’m special.”
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“If female-to-female teasing and hazing does occur, as in Mean Girls, it signals that the woman being teased and hazed is on the outs, not that she’s being vetted for inclusion.”
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“Parenting plans should be consistent.”
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“Children express intense dissatisfaction with the traditional arrangement of every other weekend.”
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“Two-parent stability trumps geographical stability.”
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“In a study of more than twelve thousand teenagers after divorce, children living with single dads fared better than children living with single moms.”
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“Divorced men are almost ten times more likely to commit suicide than divorced women from similar backgrounds.”
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“The word “warrior” is not added lightly. A warrior makes himself aware of the barriers to achieving his purpose. Then, rather than focus on what is standing in his way, a warrior focuses on how to get past those barriers. Which is exactly what he’ll be teaching his children.”
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“Your son is unlikely to choose to be a “father warrior” if he doesn’t feel two things: first, a sense of purpose; second, that his contribution will be pivotal. So his role in the checks and balances of parenting requires a deeper dive.”
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“The male-female pay gap is not a gap between men and women; it is a gap between moms and dads.”
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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.”
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“Dads were user-friendly for companies, because they could most easily be used.”
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“Social workers tend to consider the children’s wishes as long as their preference is for maternal custody. When children express a paternal preference, their wishes carry no weight.”
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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.”
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“A mom has the right to children, but a dad has to fight for children.”
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“70 percent of child support debt is owed by parents with incomes of less than $10,000 per year”
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“When your son has sex with a woman, he puts his life in her hands.”
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“Virtually 100 percent of TV ads that portray only one sex as a jerk portray the man as the jerk.”
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“But a happy marriage is less about money, children, or lack of sex than about how we communicate about money, children, or lack of sex.”
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“When the house is clean and the bills are paid, the effort our partner makes to keep things the same are invisible exactly because things are the same.”
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“If your son sees being an oppressor as his future, being a failure to launch might look like progress.”
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“The best parent is both parents” means mommy is no substitute for daddy, money is no substitute for daddy, and another man is no substitute for daddy.”
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“The future will increasingly see the home place becoming the work place.”
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“Mastery of content that is measurable, tangible, and translates into respect.”
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“Three-quarters of dads who were in South Carolina jails for being behind in child support payments suffer from extreme poverty. And one-eighth of all South Carolina inmates are in jail for being behind in child support payments.”
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“We spend billions to get from dads the money few of them have, and virtually nothing to allow dads to give the time they do have—the time their children need.”
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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.”
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“If we get more of what we pay for, then let’s pay to get more dads, rather than pay more when dads are absent.”
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“In the almost 20 years following Australia’s change in gun policy, mass shootings fell to zero.”
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“Guns are not the cause of the boy crisis, but as we are working on the causes, the control of guns can limit the damage of dad-deprived sons.”
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“When boys and men are told they are needed, they respond, and become responsible.”
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“The male-female life expectancy gap has grown almost 400 percent.”
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“Both parents’ cumulative health creates your son’s health; your son’s health begins before his beginning.”
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“To be a hero is to be emotionally constipated.”
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“A desire to be nurtured is in our son’s nature. But it’s a nature we don’t often nurture.”
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“Does the new heroine mean your son won’t have to risk his life for her love?”
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“If your son is unclear as to what a highly powerful woman wants from him, he is more likely to go for a woman who is less powerful who has some need for him.”
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“The female superhero’s lack of sexual neediness makes her a “super” superpower.”
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“Hollywood plants the seeds for male-only draft registration.”
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“If the life of a beloved woman—whether romantic partner or mother—is at risk, his life is at risk.”
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“Even if your son tries to use his power to save a woman, if he fails, that power will implode.”
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“If a good woman is killed, a man is to blame.”
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“We have taught boys that, while building strength is considered masculine, preventing its loss is feminine.”
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“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.”
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