Whither The Fool?

Several years ago, I wrote this. Yes, I am the author (and this is probably the last time I’ll give such an overt hint as to my “true identity,” mild-mannered or not).

I am not so sanguine about things, thirteen years later. I have come to recognize that much of my anguish was self-inflicted, that much of the estrangement from my children was self-caused. In fact, I’m a bit more critical of men, generally speaking, than I used to be.

However, we’re talking here about human beings, about the human condition. That’s never a simple thing, and no matter how we may try to simplify it in the abstract, human relations - and especially relations between the sexes - can’t easily be codified in a one-size-fits-all outline.

Nevertheless, continuing in the spirit of the notion that there are things that women, as wives and mothers, can do to promote a positive environment to nurture fatherhood, this article by Nicole Russell on American Thinker is recommended.

Ms. Russell concludes:

We have come a long way in society in technology, women’s rights, education, and science. But we are losing something most important. If our families disintegrate, these achievements will mean little. Keeping families together falls to both sexes: If women respect and love their men, they’ll most likely stay and raise a family with her.

That really should not be a concept open to debate. After all, it simply derives from the Golden Rule.

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