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Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?

~Frank Pittman

Topics: Away Bears Changing Competent Corporations Diaper Dish Horror Men Otherwise Raid Sane Shrink Strong Strong Men Thought Washing Who Why Wrestle

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A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

~Frank Pittman

Topics: About Answers Children Everything He Him How Know Life Man Needs Parent Process Teach Them Will

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Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.

~Frank Pittman

Topics: Child Eyes Feel Good He His Important Just Loved Makes Man Standing Strong Valued Whatever World

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No one, however powerful and successful, can function as an adult if his parents are not satisfied with him.

~Frank Pittman

Topics: Adult Function Him His However Parents Powerful Satisfied Successful

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Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they feel no compunction over being violent to women, children, and one another.

~Frank Pittman

Topics: Another Appropriate Been Being Believe Children Control Every Feel Men Others Over Raised Reason Them Through Violence Violent Violently Who Women

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We know how powerful our mother was when we were little, but is our wife that powerful to us now? Must we relive our great deed of escape from Mama with every other woman in our life?

~Frank Pittman

Topics: Deed Escape Every Great How Know Life Little Mama Mother Must Now Other Our Powerful Relive Us Were Wife Woman

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A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother.

~Frank Pittman

Topics: Boy Find Free He His Long Mother Must Own Partner

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Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age.

~Frank Pittman

Topics: Accept Adapt Age Each Explore Faith Generation Job Last New New Age Parents Possibilities Question System Values

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Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.

~Frank Pittman

Topics: Always Distrust Make Ourselves Parents Seem Them Us

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: Unknown

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