You know it’s there right?
Look around. It doesn’t matter the socio-economic status…Fatherhood is in a crisis.
Science says it’s because the father can abandon their kids easier than the mother. There may be some truth to the biology at work in these situations.
But there’s a deeper reason…
Men have been taught to bury, disregard, and ignore their feelings.
Fathers are notoriously emotionally distant from their wives and children because they are emotionally distant from themselves.
Sadly this is the worst advice.
1. Your emotions make you human.
2. They are messages to your soul from God.
When you understand this and learn to invite Christ into your emotions…
- you don’t have to get easily threatened by a comment from your wife that had no negative intent
- you don’t have to get anxious when your teenage daughter begins to individuate
- you don’t have to run…you don’t have to run…you don’t have to run
Abuse of alcohol to over-working are a terrible substitute for being present and being with your self/family.
Comments?
Dang. I can see this in myself. Spot on, Chris.
Thanks. Only describing what I can so easily do.