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yes would agree with you as the necular family breaks down. children are not learning the proper sexual roles. many children do not see fathers and mothers properly interacting.this is from breakpoint.


'Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters'


Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley.

On Friday I discussed the sexual and spiritual wasteland where so many of our kids have ended up. And they don’t even know how they got there or how to get out. Today I want to talk about how parents—and especially dads—can combat that culture.


The truth is, contrary to what the media tells you, dads do matter.


As Dr. Meg Meeker puts it in her new book, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, “Most of you out there are good men . . . but you are good men who have been derided by a culture that does not care for you, that . . . has ridiculed your authority, denied your importance, and tried to fill you with confusion about your role. But I can tell you that fathers change lives, as my father changed mine.”

Well, Meeker is right.


Obviously dads are crucial to both their sons and their daughters, but Meeker focuses on daughters here. Like the journalist Laura Sessions Stepp, whom I mentioned on Friday, Meeker has seen a lot of girls stranded in the sexual wasteland. In her medical practice, Meeker has treated far too many of these young girls for sexually transmitted diseases, depression, eating disorders, and underage pregnancy.


And time and again, this doctor has found that the girls involved in damaging behaviors are the girls who don’t feel loved and valued by their fathers.


Fathers can ensure that their daughters grow up with healthy ideas about sexuality, Meeker writes. “If you as a father saw what I see every week in my medical practice, you would know what to do and you would succeed.”


You don’t have to be an expert on STDs, or anything else, to guide your daughter away from this wasteland. You just have to do your job as a dad. Talk to her, even when she doesn’t seem to be listening. Teach her about the God who loves her and made her. Set boundaries for her. Spend time with her. Listen to her. Maybe it doesn’t seem like a big deal to us, but you wouldn’t believe the difference it makes to them.


One 16-year-old girl told Meeker that, when on the verge of sleeping with her boyfriend, she saw a ring on her hand that her father had given her, and that alone caused her to stop.


And a father’s influence has that kind of power, not just when it comes to sexual values, but in all areas of life. One young woman in the book started taking drugs and ran away at 16. It was only her father’s patient, persistent reaching out to her that finally brought her back home and turned her life around.


Hang in there and keep doing your job, Meeker urges fathers, even when your lot seems thankless. And in this culture, where dads are ignored, mocked, and even told they’re not needed, a dad’s role is bound to seem thankless sometimes.


But for our families’ sakes, we can’t let that deter us. Plug your ears against the culture and remember this: You matter.


Your children may not tell you that now, but their lives will always be a reflection of your love and commitment. You can take that to the bank

2007-06-21 08:41:16 · answer #1 · answered by rap1361 6 · 1 0

Actually, speaking in a physiological sense, it's men who are a step away from being female. All fetuses start out female, the Y chromosome kicks in at about 2 months gestation and forces creation of the hormones that make the fetus develop male characteristics, the clitoris becomes a penis and the ovaries become testes. That is why men in fact have nipples, they are a throw back to the females they began life as. As for attitudes, I think American women are finally coming into their own, realizing that they can think and be responsible for themselves...this is a good thing.

2007-06-21 08:38:37 · answer #2 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 2 2

Wow, what a query! maximum people are kinda cumbersome because of the fact we are nicely fed. Botticelli painted nicely-fed Italian women approximately 500 years in the past. I doubt any Italian puzzled a woman's sexuality because of the fact she had 20 kilos greater. in certainty, it grew to become into seen eye-catching if a woman had hips and breasts. The pre-pubescent image of boy-like women without breasts is interior the final 40 years. genuine women have traditionally carried 15-20% physique fat, a minimum of! it is needed for ovulation and gestation. American women are turning out to be taller, greater curvy and nonetheless driving adult men nuts. whilst women get cumbersome, this is frequently interior the breasts, hips and abs. Ever seen a Botticelli? they have a sprint pouch on the decrease tummy. it is ceremonial dinner or famine in this u . s .. the two women are skinny/anorexic or they consume and have boobs and hips. some are curvy, some are obese and a few are fat. basically some women in weight-lifting/physique-construction competitions have little physique fat, no breasts and massive muscle mass. Methinks you're trolling, because of the fact you be stricken by the "short guy syndrome", collectively as you quite desire you should attain an American babe. 'Tis ok, some American women like short adult men. (we are able to continually whip their *** whilst it is going undesirable!) perhaps it is the ideas-set and independence which you quite decide to learn.

2016-11-07 03:32:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Hello,

I doubt it; they just don't have the proper plumbing physically speaking. Mentally I have seen some women as strong and as tough as males and highly intelligent to be sure but also others that fit into that 50's dumb bottled blonde category or Little Bo Peep shrinking violet type.

Regards,

Michael Kelly

2007-06-21 08:29:14 · answer #4 · answered by Michael Kelly 5 · 0 1

no I dont think so...
I do think that women have forgotten the traditional roles of motherhood just as the men are not exactly sure of their roles any longer... I just see american women as strong, independant thinkers.

2007-06-21 08:31:56 · answer #5 · answered by Concernedmom 1 · 1 0

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