299. Richard Reeves — Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
The Michael Shermer Show
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I'm Just Going to Remember What My Dad Used to Do for Me
The parenting we receive is imprinted on us in a way that inevitably effects, for good or ill, the parenting we pass on. Not having a strong relationship with your father really does seem to affect kits and boys especially, but girls too. Girls mental health at 33 as predicted by their relationship with their father at 16. We have more opportunity now than perhaps the previous generation did because we're not as tied to the traditional role of fathering. But equally, we can't do as some on the left say, and say, so don't need the dads any more,. like forty fathers do anyway. A what unique contribution do they have?
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