Can women raise boys to be men?

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2012-04-06 01:14

Article here. Excerpt:

'Cathleen Williams, whose book, “Single Mother The New Father,” raised considerable controversy because of its provocative title, opened the discussion by saying, “As a single woman, I was able to successfully raise my son,” currently a student at St. John’s University.

“As a people, we tell women you can’t do it, that you’re doomed to failure. Not only can you, but you must do it for the salvation of our race,” she said.

She indicated that there are “over 10 million single women in the United States raising their children successfully,” admitting that she “didn’t do it alone.”

Opening the discussion for the opposition, clinical social worker Rodney Pride, who serves as vice president of youth development at United Black Men of Queens, said, “Eight out of 10 boys are without a positive male role model in their families and that ain’t good. So many boys are walking around with a level of anger.” He suggested that their pent-up rage often leads to cases of teenage pregnancy, dropping out of high school, and black on black violence.'

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There's a single (long) comment that discusses male choice regarding fatherhood and other problems men face in being parents. It makes astute observations about the changing role of men and fathers. It's long but worth the read.

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Submitted by el cid on Sat, 2012-04-07 13:32

with the veil lifted,

but they are too few, and way too late.
the Good Book called it "casting pearls before swine".

most of the country is looking for somebody else to pay their way.
any mention of it is declaring war on that group.
we are doomed. no doubt.

it was a good couple hundred years or so.

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Submitted by daveinga on Wed, 2012-04-11 22:47