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9 characteristics of strong, resilient families.
1. The table is the central place of their fellowship together.
Not the TV. Not the car. Not the bleachers at a sports game.
The table. They regularly sit down and eat dinner together at least 5 times per week.
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12 things every father must say to his son, over and over:
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“If they're homeschooled, how will they learn to socialize with other kids?”
Let’s walk through the type of “socialization” kids get at government schools.
- They sit in the same room all day with kids their own age
- They are dictated to by a teacher for most of the day
- They…
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you homeschool, you don't need to spend 6+ hours per day doing it.
Public school should not be your model.
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Reading to your kids every night has a better chance of changing the world than anything else you do.
But only if you read great stuff that feeds their imagination.
Don't waste this precious time with Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Here are 22 recommendations that belong on your shelf:
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33 lessons every father must teach his son:
1. Do not gloat in victory.
Everyone already knows you have won. Gloating turns defeated opponents into lifelong enemies. Being gracious in victory creates lifelong friends.
Point out something they did well, and ask how they did it.
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I'm going to need more of you to homeschool so my kids have some normal people to marry.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you homeschool, you don't need to spend 6+ hours per day doing it.
Public school should not be your model.
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24 lessons every father must teach his daughter.
1. Your value is not based on your outward appearance.
You were created in the image of God and your soul was purchased at a high price. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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I'm going to need more of you to homeschool so my kids have some normal people to marry.
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Sexual debauchery leads to the collapse of a civilization within 3 generations.
TLDR: The sexual revolution was a mistake. A poison. It unleashed termites into the foundation of the west.
How do we know this?
Read on.
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As recent as 2003, this was a scene from a major Hollywood film.
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Divorce means you lay a generational curse on your family until someone with more integrity comes along to stop the cycle.
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13 things every father must say to his daughter, over and over.
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Boys are knights in training.
A boy who is not becoming more dangerous will not be able to protect anything. He will not be able to ascend to any sort of manhood.
Here are 11 ways to raise dangerous sons. 🧵
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"How many kids do they have?" the girl asked her mom.
"Too many," the woman said as she let the door shut.
I stood inside the restaurant, stunned.
The woman was saying, "Some of those kids should really be dead." That sums up one of the central tenets of our culture.
I only…
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A girl's confidence comes from her father. Which is why we have so many broken, insecure women.
Why does this happen?
How do so many girls get ruined?
Let’s walk through a common scenario that plays out day after day, time and time again, in homes across the world.
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18 truths about homeschooling.
1. It shouldn't take 6+ hours a day of your time. 2-3 hours max.
2. You don't have to know everything yourself to teach your kids. Curriculums these days lay out everything you need. You certainly don't need a PhD to teach 3rd-grade math.
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Men are easy to please. All they really want is:
- A clean(ish) house to come home to
- A warm meal on the table
- Sex whenever the need arises
A man will move mountains to protect such a home.
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Women can bring eternal souls into the world.
Yet somehow, we convinced them that working as a bank teller is more fulfilling.
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A divorce will affect your children no matter their age.
And it will affect your grandchildren.
And your great-grandchildren.
Your life is not about you. You were born with obligations and responsibilities.
So, what makes you think your marriage is about you?
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I homeschool because I don't *want* my kids to fit into society.
I want them to rule it.
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If you're a man in your 20s and need more confidence, read this.
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A girl gets her habits and attitudes from her mother.
But she gets her self-esteem from her father.
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Children who disrespect their father learned how to do it from their mother.
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10 ways to destroy the imagination of your child.
1. Keep your children indoors as much as possible.
A child weighed down by busywork (homework), endlessly distracted by flashing screens, will find the outdoors boring.
And so they will find life boring.
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How single mothers lead to broken, insecure men.
The temptation of every mother is to treat their boys like defective girls. She will try to repress his strength, to smother his masculinity.
Boys raised in this environment act out in two ways:
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Young men, you were lied to about how the world works.
Here are 14 truths.
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Divorce, no matter how inevitable or necessary it feels, is always bad for the kids. Always.
It will negatively affect them for the rest of their life. And the lives of their own kids.
If you think otherwise, you are lying to yourself, justifying your own selfishness.
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Divorce means you lay a generational curse on your family until someone with more integrity comes along to stop the bleeding.
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If I could tell new fathers one thing, this would be it:
Whenever your kids ask you to do something, say YES.
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Reading to your kids every night has a better chance of changing the world than anything else you do.
But only if you read great stuff that feeds their imagination.
Don't waste this precious time with Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Here 37 are recommendations that belong on your shelf:
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@sovereignbrah
I do believe there is something innate in animals that recognizes the dominion of man.
This was like a knight seeking help from his liege lord.
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My son found a stick that looked just like a scythe, so he started chasing the other kids, pretending to be the Grim Reaper.
I called him over. "Did you just find that lying on the ground?"
"Yeah," he said, breathless.
"That's a nice stick," I said.
"Yeah, I know." Then he…
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Wall-E is celebrated, or dismissed, as environmentalist propaganda. But it's doing something much more interesting.
It subverts its surface-level message and glorifies Man's dominion over creation.
Once you read this, you'll never look at Wall-E the same way again.
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Dolphins can detect human life better than feminists.
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A divorce will affect your children no matter their age.
And it will affect your grandchildren.
And your great-grandchildren.
Your life is not about you. So what makes you think your marriage is about you?
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What radicalized you?
In 4th grade, I did all four questions at the end of a chapter for homework.
I got back a zero from the teacher, a whale who could barely support her own weight. I asked her why I got a zero grade, since all of my answers were correct.
She said she only…
What radicalized you?
Getting paid half as much as other government employees despite doing 2-3x more work because they had worked there longer. Bla bla seniority.
Realized life is not a meritocracy, despite what I had been taught by my conservative Christian community.
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How do you double the homeschooling rate from its already historical highs?
Mandate the vax for kids 5-11 to attend public school.
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If you're strict with your kids when they are young, you'll be able to give them much more freedom when they are teenagers.
People get this backward. They are overly permissive, and when their teenagers start going off the rails, they lock things down in desperation.
But it's…
Just finished this book - Bad Therapy by
@AbigailShrier
This is one of the most eye-opening books I've ever read. It's a must read for any parent, any teacher, and should be required reading for any school administrator as well.
The book dives into trying to figure out why…
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Casual sex leaves people with thin and fractured souls.
You see it in their eyes.
Each time you become "one flesh" with someone and pull away, a piece of your soul breaks off and stays behind.
This is why marriage is so important.
This is why divorce is so devastating.
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1. "I'm proud of you."
Saying this at the right moment can give a boy wings.
Boys who never hear this from their father will always be seeking approval from the wrong people and the wrong places.
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"We divorced because the kids are better without us fighting all the time."
No, your kids are not better off because you decided to break your promises. It doesn't work like that.
If they saw you *keeping* your promises, even if it was hard work, then they would be better off.
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@primalpoly
@jerr_rrej
Meanwhile, our own 25-39 age group is busy tearing down what the Founders built.
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To be an effeminate man is to be an evil man. All men have *some* effeminacy to root out. But how do you recognize it in yourself?
Look at masculine traits, then contrast.
Here are 33 proverbs:
1. The masculine man embraces responsibility. The effeminate man blames others.
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Divorce means you lay a generational curse on your family until someone with more integrity comes along and stops the bleeding.
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Fathers are tempted to abdicate responsibility regarding the entertainment their children consume.
We want shortcuts.
We want well-laid-out rules so we don’t have to think.
We want to stop paying attention for just one freaking second of the day so we can relax.
Anything…
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Here is one ironclad law of fatherhood: let the burden fall on you.
Men were made with big shoulders and so they were made to carry a heavier load.
When there is something unpleasant that needs to be done, you should be the first to start the task. You are the first one to try…
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Divorce, whatever the reason, is never to be celebrated.
It is always a multi-layered, multi-generational tragedy.
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Men, if you want people to take you more seriously, read this.
You need gravitas.
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Being a father is having a bunch of tiny humans treat you like a superhero.
And desiring to live up to those expectations.
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Homeschooling is not about protection and retreat.
It is making sure your soldiers are equipped and trained properly before you send them to fight.
It is making sure your weapons are well-forged and sharpened before testing them in battle.
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Books that boys will love.
Consider this a gift guide for the future men in your life.
There used to be a whole category of boy's adventure fiction. Now, publishers assume mostly girls will be reading books. And they're not wrong.
Let's start turning that around.
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The best way to be a rebel today:
1. Get married
2. Have a lot of sex
3. Have a lot of kids
4. Eat around your table often
5. Don't sacrifice your kids to the ghouls of public school
6. Say that men and women are different
This also happens to be the way to have the most fun.
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Vetting a man for marriage.
8 questions to ask (and what to teach your daughter to ask).
1. Does he have a mission?
Does he have a plan for his life, or is he just going through the motions? A mission can change, even several times, but he should always have one.
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Saying "I'm proud of you, son" can give a boy wings.
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Your wife is physically weaker than you. Honor and protect her.
But spiritually, she is a shield maiden helping you hold the line against the forces of evil.
Trust her to protect your flank.
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Many women want old-fashioned, traditional guys but make no effort to be old-fashioned, traditional women.
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If you're a man looking for a wife, read this.
The word "husband" is related to husbandry and household management. As a husband, you are to be the leader of your household.
It's non-negotiable.
Are you ready to be a leader?
Let's find out.
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I have three kids, now ranging from 8-13.
Here is the dark secret of parenting, and something people are scared to admit in our culture:
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Kids are never as difficult or expensive as people think.
The difficulty curve is a strange one because "more kids" doesn't necessarily mean "more difficulty."
Here is how it seems to go.
1 kid: The most difficult. Your life completely changes.
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The Bible is a dangerous book.
It was meant to be dangerous, a sword that pierces bone and marrow.
Yet many people think the Bible is boring.
lol. 🧵
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Civilization thrives when noble women stay home to manage their households.
If women refuse to work at home, civilization regresses.
It makes sense once you think about it.
Let me explain.
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In The Two Towers, the 2nd book of Lord of the Rings, Eomer says to Aragorn:
"Yet you speak the truth, that is plain: the Men of the Mark do not lie, and therefore they are not easily deceived."
This seems like an odd saying, but Tolkien is getting at a deep truth.
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A divorce will not lessen the fighting and strife in your life.
All you do is bundle it all up, multiply it by 2 or 3, and strap it to the backs of your children. They'll carry it with them for the rest of their lives.
And it's very likely they'll pass that burden on to your…
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12. "Sometimes a losing battle is worth fighting because it's the right thing to do."
A father must avoid pure pragmatism. He must teach his son that courage is its own reward and virtue is never a waste of time.
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Most young men think marriage is about having a pretty roommate who you can have sex with.
With that definition of marriage, it's no wonder so many marriages fail.
And it's no wonder they think two men or two women can marry.
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7. "The world is not fair. The world owes you nothing."
A father must teach his son not to expect handouts and to avoid seeking easy wealth.
Life is supposed to be hard. No whining.
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Buy physical books.
More important than ever.
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Open homosexuality has killed male friendship.
TLDR: The sexual language of our culture has made male friendship nearly impossible. Homosexuality came out of the closet and hustled healthy affection between men back in.
How bad is it?
Read on.
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Civilization thrives when noble women stay home to manage their households.
If women refuse to work at home, civilization regresses.
It makes sense once you think about it.
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Marriage is not choosing your wife.
It's choosing your wife every day.
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Homeschooling isn't for everyone.
But it's for a lot more people than you think.
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The 9 biggest mistakes homeschoolers make.
I'm a big proponent of homeschooling, but it comes with its own pitfalls.
1. Your standards are too high
Don’t try to get your 4-year-old to sit still for 3 hours per day doing school work.
They'll learn to hate school.
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Public schooling is the bizarre experiment.
Homeschooling has always been the norm.
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8. "Respect your mother."
A son will eventually outgrow his mother in strength. Before that happens, he must learn to treat her words as a precious garland.
For this to work, a father must add his own strength to back up the mother's words.
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In the book That Hideous Strength, there is the Objective Room, the purpose of which is to get people to overcome their revulsion to certain acts and therefore make them "objective" from a scientific point of view.
People came out of the Objective Room broken in some fundamental…
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2. "Get back up."
A father must let his son fail but be there to encourage him to get back up and try again.
Especially if his son doesn't *want* to get back up.
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Public school is like "Hey, I'll watch your kids, teach them to hate God and that nothing really matters, and then you'll get to see them at the end of the day. Oh, and we get paid even if your child ends up illiterate!"
And homeschoolers are seen as crazy for saying "no thanks"
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@thechosenberg
@officerfrenly
Rummaging through every medicine cabinet you come across at other people's houses is totally stable!
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3. "I'm sorry. Please forgive me."
Every father messes up. Every father gets impatient. Every father has moments of weakness. Every father fails.
If he wants his son to own up to his own mistakes, a father must show him how to own up to his mistakes.
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10. "You are responsible for your actions. No one else."
No blaming others. No pretending to be the victim. No blaming his emotions.
A father must let his son experience the consequences of his actions, though the father can help him face those consequences like a man.
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Remember that girls are not like boys. Your sons need to be forged into weapons. Your daughters need to be cultivated and tended like flowers in a garden.
This is the responsibility of the father.
*Nothing* can fully replace a loving, attentive father.
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Healthy families are led by the father.
Unhealthy families are led by the mother.
Chaotic, destructive families are led by the children.
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Told my kids I was going out to the van. If I didn't come back, tell their mother that I was eaten by a bear.
When I'm at the van, my oldest son runs outside and watches me walk back.
Me: "What are you doing?"
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5. "I love you."
Say it so often that he is drowning in the words. Couple this with plenty of hugs and physical affection.
A father cannot assume his son knows this truth unless he speaks it out loud. Constantly.
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A girl gets her habits and attitudes from her mother.
But she gets self-esteem from her father.
Weak fathers lead to broken, insecure women.
How?
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When children ask you to play with them, they are offering to share their energy and vitality with you.
But if you don't accept their offer, a bit of their vitality dies.
It must be shared with others, or it will wither.
They want to share it with you.
Do not deny them.
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6. "You are my son."
A father must lay claim to his son and let the boy know he has a place he belongs.
Many boys feel like they belong nowhere and so they wander and look for alternatives outside the home.
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This is what our typical homeschool day looks like:
- Kids wake up 8:30 - 9:00
- Kids start school around 10:00
- Kids are usually done by lunchtime. Sometimes they go a little bit after. Rest of the day is free.
- At night, I read to them for 45-60 minutes.
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Most people underestimate the generational damage caused by divorce.
It's a bomb that goes off, and its effects ripple through your children, grandchildren, and beyond.
No matter their ages. You can't contain it.
If they saw the truth, many would lose their nerve.
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If you could instantly make your wife more beautiful overnight, would you do it?
A caveat: nothing about her appearance changes, but you will perceive her differently.
The secret?
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Virginity before marriage is literally one of the prerequisites for modern civilization.
Without it, people usually regress into the lowest "dead" category as they become interested only in their own wants and needs. They become slaves to their appetites.
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9. "Stand with your brothers and sisters."
They will be there when the father is gone. They are, collectively, the legacy the father leaves behind.
A father must teach that a boy's siblings are on the same team. Their successes are his successes, too.
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19 warning signs when searching for a wife.
1. She has a large number of male friends. She might be addicted to the attention.
2. She has an unnatural hair color. Pink, purple, blue, green, etc. This is often a proxy for a contentious spirit.
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Casual sex leaves people with thin and fractured souls. You see it in their eyes.
Each time you become "one flesh" with someone and pull away, a piece of your soul breaks off and stays behind.
This is why marriage is so important.
This is why divorce is so devastating.
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If you put in the work early on, your kids will be a joy to be around when they're older. They'll make your life not only better, but easier.
Our oldest daughter started taking things off of my wife's shoulders by the time she was 9 years old.
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Porn is cultural cancer. It rots the bones.
A healthy civilization, or one that wants to progress, will want to eradicate it or push it to the fringes of society.
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4. "I'm disappointed by your actions."
A father must let his son know when he has fallen short, and he must be clear about why.
A father disciplines those he loves.
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But many parents refuse to discipline. They sit there exasperated, pulling their own hair out while their children throw tantrums. The parents are slaves to the emotions of their children.
And what might seem small and cute at 2 years old is monstrous at 10 years old.
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I homeschool my kids...
...because I want them properly trained and equipped before I send them into battle.
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