[wraith1]

That's absolutey right. My father has worked with an endless stream of single mothers as a counselor, and virtually all of them with sons are brought to their knees trying to turn a litle boy into a well-adjusted man. To think they can teach something to someone which they themselves fail to understand is ludicrous. I couldn't teach my daughter how to be a woman, that's for damned sure, and it is sheer narcissistic pride that makes women believe they can teach a boy to be a man. By the way, I was raised by a single mother, so I don't have anything personal against them. Just telling it like we know it to be.

[Harrison Bergeron]

"That's absolutey right. My father has worked with an endless stream of single mothers as a counselor, and virtually all of them with sons are brought to their knees trying to turn a litle boy into a well-adjusted man."

That's OK. The public schools are working on this problem. Many of them have banned boyish behavior, boyish energy, and traditional boy games. They've gone as far as to ban recess and eliminate the on-premises playgrounds fer cryin' out loud. For the intractible boys who rebel and refuse to act like girls, there's Ritalin.

[CobaltBlue]

Some men aren't so good at raising well-adjusted sons, either, probably because they aren't well-adjusted, themselves. It's hard to teach what you don't know.

Being a good father, or a good mother, isn't something you're born knowing. You have to learn it before you can pass it on.