It is entirely possible that many of the mothers were not narcissistic, but rather had been abused, neglected or morally affronted by their husbands and wished to preserve a family atmosphere for the children without having to "normalize" socialist relations between the father and and share the children with their father's mistress who participated in breaking up the marriage. But such conservative thinking falls outside the scope of Marxist abstractions.
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The ‘best parent’ is both parents. The ‘best interests of the child’ are served by not allowing frivolous divorce, and by requiring ‘shared physical custody’ in cases of unavoidable divorce where neither parent is unfit.
My Dad was very masculine, yet was caring and gentle with all his kids.
I cannot speak for men, but I have read about men who claim that when they first laid eyes upon their first child, a surge of emotion flooded them such as they had never known before. This was true regardless of the gender of the child. Usually they described it as a feeling of such love, tenderless and a feeling of responsibility to defend the child. So, it is highly likely that this type of bonding has a hormonal aspect to it. The question is which come first? The emotion or the hormones? It must be partly instinct.
The children should be with both parents equally.
If this were the law, I wonder if women would be so quick to initiate divorce proceedings.
Dads can be great parents, but there’s nothing like a mom. Ask any kid, or ask any mom.
So where does “Don’t bother me to help you with the (twin) babies/They’re my children too only when it’s convenient” fit into their theory?
Man. so far it sounds like every woman on this thread conceived children with complete Neanderthal jerks. A real shame.
I was/am a great parent and I have two fine young adults as evidence.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
Great article.
All the best men I’ve known have been great at plenty of macho stuff AND nurturing loved ones.
Dads will only be equal when they are awarded primary custody of the children as often as the mom is. Dads in divorce are the most-discriminated-against people in the U.S. They typically have no rights nor say in what happens to their own children.
I have said it before and will say it again:
In the case of a divorce, children should be split between the parents. No child support from either parent. Therefore, there would be no more dead-beat dads or moms.
Can't get past the second sentence without telling a big lie.
Good that that publication recognizes the truth. That popular psychology mag has a lot of light-headed articles based on fluff, and so I haven’t read it years and don’t expect to.