“Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes.” GivingChildrenTurnsSpaceRocksParticularOur ChildrenYour ChildrenFishingRoughYardsBugsSmall ChildManicures Author:Richard Louv
“Behold great Whitman, whose licentious line Delights the rake, and warms the souls of swine; Whose fever'd fancy shuns the measur'd pace, And copies Ovid's filth without his grace. In his rough brain a genius might have grown, Had he not sought to play the brute alone; But void of shame, he let his wit run wild, And liv'd and wrote as Adam's bestial child.” ChildrenSoulPlayMightRunningLinesBrainGraceGeniusShameDelightWitFancyRoughCopiesPaceAdamVoidBrutesFeverFilthSwineRakes Book:The Conservative Source: The Conservative
“It is important for a father who feels pushed away [by the mom] to say, in effect, When you do that, I feel unwanted as a father, or I feel my rough-housing is not bad parenting; it's my contribution to helping our child take risks. Women cannot hear what men do not say.” MenFeelsChildrenImportantHelpingFatherRiskEffectsMomOur ChildrenContributionRoughHousingUnwantedBad ParentingPushed Away Author:Warren Farrell