Ignoring Boys' Emotional Needs Fuels Public Health Risks

Re:Ignoring Boys' Emotional Needs Fuels Public Health Risks by paulryanrogers on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:59PM (#36473543)

> What sorts of institutions offer “second fathers” to young men now?

Must it be institutionalized? Can't this be encouraged without some one-sized-fits-all framework? I learned from a lot of guys in church related groups, yet with so much garbage messaging it made me hate myself. Also encountered some very good guys in school, forums, and LAN gaming, and without the religious strings attached.

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Re:Ignoring Boys' Emotional Needs Fuels Public Health Risks by pyuser583 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @07:56PM (#36473953)

Institutions are “stable, valued, recurring patterns of behavior.”

Institutions encourage “second fatherhood” as a means of passing in the patterns of behavior.

That behavior might be killing opposing militaries, educating future generations, or religious worship.

So I think there’s a strong obvious link between institutions and second fathers.

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