I was so moved by this book that I want to touch on it chapter by chapter. So I will be reading it again, and as I finish each chapter I will put my thoughts to post.
The introduction starts with a story, where a father sits drinking his morning coffee and he sees his son in a new light. Not the light of a boy, but the fact that the boy is growing up.
I had such a moment this year as I looked at our Christmas picture. My oldest doesn’t look like one of the children anymore. He is quickly becoming a young man.
The introduction went on to describe the situation that men and boys face today. Fathers are gone from the family, and the view of what a father should be is greatly warped.
Now that we are really a few generations into this mess it is starting to be a self-fulfilling prophecy where children with no dads end up having children that they are not dads to. Though there is a movement afoot that is changing this. Men want to be men. Men want to be fathers.
[Initially Written 2.15.2009]
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