“Becoming Father the Nurturer rather than just Father the Provider enables a man to fully feel and express his humanity and his masculinity. Fathering is the most masculine thing a man can do.” MenFeelsHumanityFatherCan DoBecomingMasculinityMasculineProvidersFathering Author:Frank Pittman
“In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers has hadless authority than the last. . . . Masculinity ceased to be defined in terms of domestic involvement, skills at fathering and husbanding, but began to be defined in terms of making money. Men had to leave home to work. They stopped doing all the things they used to do.” MenYearsTwoHomeLastsAmericaPastUsedFatherParentTermGenerationsSkillsAuthorityHundredDefinedPrimariesMaking MoneyMasculinityInvolvementOver The PastFathering Author:Frank Pittman
“The guys who fear becoming fathers don't understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child-raising is not the child but the parent.” MenChildrenEndsGuyFatherParentPerfectHe ManProductsBecomingDadParentingParenthoodRaising ChildrenBeing A ParentChildren And ParentsBeing A FatherPerfect ManParent ChildFatheringBecoming A FatherPerfect ParentsBecoming A Parent Author:Frank Pittman
“Fathering is the most masculine thing a man can do.” MenFatherCan DoDaddyMasculineFathering Author:Frank Pittman
“Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.” MenWorldFeelsChildrenImportantEyeStrongStrengthStandingFathering Author:Frank Pittman
“The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent.” ChildrenEndsParentProductsRaising ChildrenBeing A ParentChildren And ParentsBeing A FatherParent ChildFatheringBecoming A FatherBecoming A Parent Author:Frank Pittman
“Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.” MenParentPerfectHe ManBeing A ParentBeing A FatherPerfect ManFatheringBecoming A FatherPerfect ParentsBecoming A Parent Author:Frank Pittman
“If fathers who fear fathering and run away from it could only see how little fathering is enough. Mostly, the father just needs to be there.” IfsNeedsLittlesEnoughRunningFatherRunning AwayFathering Author:Frank Pittman
