“Much is made of the accelerating brutality of young people's crimes, but rarely does our concern for dangerous children translateinto concern for children in danger. We fail to make the connection between the use of force on children themselves, and violent antisocial behavior, or the connection between watching father batter mother and the child deducing a link between violence and masculinity.” PeopleChildrenDoeMadeUseYoungMotherFatherForceViolenceFailingDangerousCrimeDangerBehaviorConcernConnectionsViolentLinksMasculinityBrutalityAntisocialUse Of ForceAntisocial Behavior Book:Family politics: love and power on an intimate frontier Source: Family politics: love and power on an intimate frontier
“Mothers and fathers act in mostly similar ways toward their young children. Psychologists are still highlighting small differencesrather than the overwhelming similarities in parents' behaviors. I think this is a hangover from the 1950s re-emergence of father as a parent. He has to be special. The best summary of the evidence on mothers and fathers with their babies is that young children of both sexes, in most circumstances, like both parents equally well. Fathers, like mothers, are good parents first and gender representatives second.” ThinkingWayFirstsWellsChildrenStillsYoungMotherFatherSexParentSpecialBabyCircumstancesBehaviorEvidenceGenderOverwhelmingRepresentativesPsychologistSimilarityYoung ChildrenEmergenceMother And FatherHangoverSummaryGood ParentLike A MotherHighlighting Author:Sandra Scarr
“I once complained to my father that I didn't seem to be able to do things the same way other people did. Dad's advice? 'Margo, don't be a sheep.People hate sheep. They eat sheep.'” PeopleWaySeemsAbleHateFatherAdviceDadBehaviorSheepComplaintsPositive Behavior Author:Margo Kaufman
“Girls learn how to relate to men from the way their fathers love them. And if their fathers really love them and want the very best for them, then they've seen that kind of good behavior that they'd want in a husband.” IfsMenWayWantKindGirlFatherHusbandBehaviorRelateGood Behavior Author:Laura Bush
“When I went to school, my intention was to be a lawyer. When I attended university that was still the clear intention; I was going to be a lawyer. Why? Because it was as far as I could get from my father's antics and world. I thought that the world of the arts probably led people into the kind of behavior I had seen with him and that had resulted in a lot of hard times for my mother and me.” PeopleWorldKindArtStillsHardSchoolMotherFatherClearBehaviorIntentionUniversityLawyerHard TimesAntics Author:James Lipton
“In at least one country where homosexual activists have won major concessions, we have even seen a church pastor threatened with prison for preaching from the pulpit that homosexual behavior is sinful. Given these trends, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must take a stand on doctrine and principle. This is more than a social issue - ultimately it may be a test of our most basic religious freedoms to teach what we know our Father in Heaven wants us to teach.” KnowsWantMayCountryFatherJesusGivenHeavenSocialChristChurchReligiousPrinciplesTeachIssuesBehaviorMajorsJesus ChristTestsPrisonSaintDoctrineLatterActivistTrendsPreachingThreatenedPastorHomosexualWant USocial IssuesOur FatherReligious FreedomPulpitConcessionsLatter DaysFather In HeavenLatter Day Saints Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.” ActionSpiritSufferingFatherSinAwarenessSorrowBehaviorEndureRealizationSaviorAgonyGodlyOffendedOur ActionsOur FatherGifts Of The SpiritOffended You Book:The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson
“I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery.” WantStatesDesireSpiritualityFatherJesusChristianityMysteryMinesBearsBehaviorTerroristHeavenlyCompassionatePerpetualHeavenly FatherBrokennessFrightBenignTeddyTeddy BearAbba Author:Brennan Manning
“I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and as worthy of society's admiration, what types of human behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible?” IfsShouldHumansChildrenChristianBeautifulFatherJesusAtheismSonTypeBehaviorConceptsAtheistWorthyPositive AtheismConvincedPlotAdmirationHuman Behavior Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“When we come to worship the God and Father of us all and to partake of the sacrament symbolizing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we should be as comely and respectful, as dignified and appropriate as we can be. We should be recognizable in appearance as well as in behavior that we truly are disciples of Christ.” ShouldWellsFatherJesusChristBehaviorWorshipJesus ChristAppearanceAppropriateDiscipleSacramentsRespectfulAtonement Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“The God understood as a father figure, who guided ultimate personal decisions, answered our prayers, and promised rewards and punishment based upon our behavior was not designed to call anyone into maturity.” FatherPrayerDecisionAtheismFiguresBehaviorUnderstoodUltimateRewardsPunishmentMaturityOur PrayersFather FigureReward And PunishmentPersonal Decisions Author:John Shelby Spong