Another spot on article. Women were fed a lie that men in the home were irrelevant, and this has proved disastrous. News is reporting that Kamala will be visiting Planned Parenthood. I am still pro-choice, but to elevate this to something admirable shows moral corruption. Considering her past remarks about racism, I wonder how Kamala justifies visiting an entity founded by a Eugenicist (Margaret Sanger) that Hitler openly admired.
Great piece with brevity. I grew up the same and my father was definitely selfish; he grew up in poverty and wanted to reach the executive level and just party every day. He did. He never sent a dime home to help us in the 70s while our 4-year degree nurse mother made almost nothing compared to today. She was the warrior and my brother and I are both successful today.
Result: My wife and I made damned sure we were home to raise our kids and now have three successful, self supportive contributing young adults in their 20s. It works.
You know what really pisses me off? The deliberate breakdown of families due to the 'Great Society' by democrats, especially Americans of African descent. My mother never took a dime of government cheese and we prospered from it. As kids we had to entertain ourselves a lot of the time.
Truth again from Adam Coleman. Thank you. One of the things I see that is an adjacent issue to parental selfishness is parental 'emotional absence'. Parents want to be their children's friends. This has been a multi-generational mindset since the 80s. This is a mistake. Children can make friends in school. They need parents to make the hard decisions at home. The unpopular but necessary decisions that help guide them to responsible adulthood.
You spoke up, Coleman and you make perfect sense. What scares me now is that even with two parents, two good parents, a good mother, a good father, you've still got one big thing in the way that no generation before it had to deal with - and that's the internet. If I could, I'd unplug the damn thing. And on further recollection, television sets would never move to color and we'd still have to replace the tubes every now and again. I know you are too young, but damn, what I would give to walk down to Walgreens with my old man and use the tube tester. Anyhow, you take good care, have a good weekend and a better life. Hasta and all the luck.
Totally agree with all the points made in the article. Children need fathers. They can grow up without them, but it is second best; the child needs mother and father.
Well done Adam. You are exactly correct. Selfishness is the root of evil in this situation. Once you have children you have a responsibility that will last the rest of your life. If you're not up to it then you shouldn't have children. I've heard that there are ways to prevent having children. 😏🤦♂️🙄
Good take, Adam! There are many subtle and not so subtle ways that parents are groomed by our culture to put themselves first. You have called your father selfish, and I agree that his actions deserve that label. But our culture would encourage him to call his selfishness by some other name, such as “self actualization,” that not only disguises the selfishness, but makes it appear actually brave and laudable, something to be celebrated.
I recall particularly, as a good example of this, a tv series a few years back that portrayed the messed up life of a young woman who had been abandoned by her mother as a child. The message was that the young woman (not the mother) was selfish and was trying to deny her mother the right to fulfill herself and reach her highest potential. The mother was adamant in expressing what she considered her right to develop herself, and the viewer was clearly expected to take her part. The child was an impediment, selfishly refusing to get out of her mother’s way.
This attitude is to be found everywhere in our culture, and people don’t even notice it because it’s the water we fish are swimming in. We do, however, take it in and express it in the choices we make and that others encourage or discourage us from making. Most people in our culture think they can “have it all”. Anyone who stands in the way of that, no matter how helpless or dependent upon us they may be, is expected to get out of the way.
It’s ironic that a parent thinks their children, dependent on them for everything, should unselfishly step aside to indulge the parent’s whims. Yet this unselfishness is never modeled or displayed by the parent - who expects to be the center of his/her own universe and everyone else’s as well.
Thank you Mr. Coleman for speaking the truth. Your courage is inspiring and I salute your efforts. May God bless you and your family and protect you from the forces in our culture that seek to destroy the truth. Stay strong we need your voice.
Those who argue the 2-parent household doesn't make a difference are delusional. Not only do 2 parents provide more emotional and physical support, but by 2 adults staying together and supporting each other, they model for their children trust and commitment between adults.
YES! You are absolutely on point! And Penny, well said. Raising a child is a sacred responsibility!
Thank you Adam!
Another spot on article. Women were fed a lie that men in the home were irrelevant, and this has proved disastrous. News is reporting that Kamala will be visiting Planned Parenthood. I am still pro-choice, but to elevate this to something admirable shows moral corruption. Considering her past remarks about racism, I wonder how Kamala justifies visiting an entity founded by a Eugenicist (Margaret Sanger) that Hitler openly admired.
Great piece with brevity. I grew up the same and my father was definitely selfish; he grew up in poverty and wanted to reach the executive level and just party every day. He did. He never sent a dime home to help us in the 70s while our 4-year degree nurse mother made almost nothing compared to today. She was the warrior and my brother and I are both successful today.
Result: My wife and I made damned sure we were home to raise our kids and now have three successful, self supportive contributing young adults in their 20s. It works.
You know what really pisses me off? The deliberate breakdown of families due to the 'Great Society' by democrats, especially Americans of African descent. My mother never took a dime of government cheese and we prospered from it. As kids we had to entertain ourselves a lot of the time.
Respect.
Truth again from Adam Coleman. Thank you. One of the things I see that is an adjacent issue to parental selfishness is parental 'emotional absence'. Parents want to be their children's friends. This has been a multi-generational mindset since the 80s. This is a mistake. Children can make friends in school. They need parents to make the hard decisions at home. The unpopular but necessary decisions that help guide them to responsible adulthood.
Beautifully said! Your son is very fortunate to have you for a Dad.
You spoke up, Coleman and you make perfect sense. What scares me now is that even with two parents, two good parents, a good mother, a good father, you've still got one big thing in the way that no generation before it had to deal with - and that's the internet. If I could, I'd unplug the damn thing. And on further recollection, television sets would never move to color and we'd still have to replace the tubes every now and again. I know you are too young, but damn, what I would give to walk down to Walgreens with my old man and use the tube tester. Anyhow, you take good care, have a good weekend and a better life. Hasta and all the luck.
Totally agree with all the points made in the article. Children need fathers. They can grow up without them, but it is second best; the child needs mother and father.
Well done Adam. You are exactly correct. Selfishness is the root of evil in this situation. Once you have children you have a responsibility that will last the rest of your life. If you're not up to it then you shouldn't have children. I've heard that there are ways to prevent having children. 😏🤦♂️🙄
Good take, Adam! There are many subtle and not so subtle ways that parents are groomed by our culture to put themselves first. You have called your father selfish, and I agree that his actions deserve that label. But our culture would encourage him to call his selfishness by some other name, such as “self actualization,” that not only disguises the selfishness, but makes it appear actually brave and laudable, something to be celebrated.
I recall particularly, as a good example of this, a tv series a few years back that portrayed the messed up life of a young woman who had been abandoned by her mother as a child. The message was that the young woman (not the mother) was selfish and was trying to deny her mother the right to fulfill herself and reach her highest potential. The mother was adamant in expressing what she considered her right to develop herself, and the viewer was clearly expected to take her part. The child was an impediment, selfishly refusing to get out of her mother’s way.
This attitude is to be found everywhere in our culture, and people don’t even notice it because it’s the water we fish are swimming in. We do, however, take it in and express it in the choices we make and that others encourage or discourage us from making. Most people in our culture think they can “have it all”. Anyone who stands in the way of that, no matter how helpless or dependent upon us they may be, is expected to get out of the way.
It’s ironic that a parent thinks their children, dependent on them for everything, should unselfishly step aside to indulge the parent’s whims. Yet this unselfishness is never modeled or displayed by the parent - who expects to be the center of his/her own universe and everyone else’s as well.
Thank you Mr. Coleman for speaking the truth. Your courage is inspiring and I salute your efforts. May God bless you and your family and protect you from the forces in our culture that seek to destroy the truth. Stay strong we need your voice.
Wow; what a powerful message; it brought me to tears. Thank you for speaking up.
Those who argue the 2-parent household doesn't make a difference are delusional. Not only do 2 parents provide more emotional and physical support, but by 2 adults staying together and supporting each other, they model for their children trust and commitment between adults.
You speak the truth. Thank you.
On point, as always.