💠A Society Without Fathers
📍“America leads the industrialized world in fatherlessness(1)—not something to put on a banner and salute. Among those who have fathers, the average school-age boy spends just half an hour per week in one-to-one conversation with his father, according to David Walsh, founder of Mind Positive Parenting. "That compares with forty-four hours a week in front of a television, video game screen, [and] Internet screen," he says. "I think that we are neglecting our boys tremendously. The result of that is our boys aren't spending time with mentors, with elders, who can really show them the path, show them the way of how it is that we're supposed to behave as healthy men (2).”
📚In-Text Citations
(1): Stern, P. (Director) (2006). Raising Cain: Boys in Focus [documentary]. United States: PBS Films.
(2): Borden, C. and Obsatz, K. (Directors)(2007). Journeyman [documentary]. United States: MirrorMan Films.
📚Quote from
“Man Interrupted: Why Young Men are Struggling and What We Can Do About It”, by Dr. Phillip Zimbardo and Nikita Coulombe, p. 50
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