Manning Up or Wimping Out: Men Don’t Exist to Serve Women’s Desires
Thanks for saying this out loud. I am the mother of two boys, 11 and 15. We have tried from a young age to raise them to be hard-working, responsible young men. Shockingly, many of the traits that we try to teach – empathy, respect for women, faith, clean language, for example – are mocked by their peers. And we’re at private schools in a major urban area. It astounds me that the very qualities women whine about wanting in adult men are mocked in adolescent males. And, I’m sure some of these whining women are raising these young men that give my kids a hard time. Don’t cry for us, my kids will be fine and there are many wonderful parents out there raising lovely young men. But, fellow “boy moms”, you need to man up and teach your sons to be men and gentlemen. It’s hard and it’s too early to tell whether my children will be successful adults, but I believe we’re on the right path.
