expanding the meaning of a family
Get Down on Your Kids Level Recently I was interviewed by Chris Blair of Remarkable Fathers about how, as men, we can literally get down on the level of our kids so they can experience our love on their level. I gave him examples of how men’s groups had transformed men’s relationships with their kids….
It’s hard to be a boy these days. A boy today goes to schools run mostly by women, who are under intense pressure to get test scores up. His recess is reduced or taken away because there is so much to learn. His need to move, express, and rough house—perfectly natural activities for a young…
In her New York Times article “The Declining Demand for Men”, Nancy Folbre says there is something that makes this recession unique for men: The Great Recession has sometimes been dubbed the Mancession because it drove unemployment among men higher than unemployment among women. Because men tend to work in more cyclical industries than women,…
Are you born to fight? Maybe – you are born to hunt. As men, we are the hunters of the hunter-gathers. We are born to provide and protect. If need be, we will fight. It is in that fight we see the worst and best of men. We see what men will do in the…
Two members of my group, Sandpoint Men’s Group are part of Ride Across America – a bike ride across the country. Wayne Pignolet, an avid rider was one of the organizers rides for Team Laughing Dog. Wayne just celebrated his four year anniversary as a group member. David Barth, another group member, is on the…
If there weren’t already enough reasons to shift how we show up as men, Steven Chong in his article speaks about how a father’s absence increases the risk of poverty and crime. The principle cause of poverty in the U.S. is absent fathers. Fathers in households build the self-esteem of children, pulling them out of…
