...but maybe that's when God shows up.
Feel free to reach out if you need encouragement or just need a listening ear.
“If I Can Change…And You Can Change….Everybody Can Change.” - Rocky Balboa
Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working hard at school and getting A's, her brother Justin is goofing off. He's more concerned about getting to the next level in his videogame than about finishing his homework.
In Boys Adrift, Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on more than twenty years of clinical experience to explain why boys and young men are failing in school and disengaged at home. He shows how social, cultural, and biological factors have created an environment that is literally toxic to boys. He also presents practical solutions, sharing strategies which educators have found effective in re-engaging these boys at school, as well as handy tips for parents about everything from homework, to videogames, to medication.
Leonard Sax MD PhD graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at the age of 19, and then went on to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned both a PhD in psychology, and an MD. He completed a 3-year residency in family practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. For 19 years, Dr. Sax was a practicing family physician in Maryland, just outside Washington DC. In 2005, Doubleday published his first book Why Gender Matters; an updated edition will be published in 2017. His second book,Boys Adrift, was published in 2007; an updated edition will be published in June 2016. His third book Girls on the Edge was published in 2010. His fourth book The Collapse of Parenting was published by Basic Books in December 2015 and became a New York Times bestseller.
Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
Leonard Sax, MD, PhD
Chapter 6: Financial Difficulties
In this book, Dr. Dobson provides an empathetic look at barriers to marital harmony and then offers insightful and helpful suggestions for their resolution. Both men and women will find his discussion interesting, often humorous, and immensely practical in its application to everyday living.
Tyndale Publishers - 1975
Chapter 4: Fatigue and Time Pressure
In this book, Dr. Dobson provides an empathetic look at barriers to marital harmony and then offers insightful and helpful suggestions for their resolution. Both men and women will find his discussion interesting, often humorous, and immensely practical in its application to everyday living.
James C. Dobson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on April 21, 1936. He received an undergraduate degree from Pasadena College and a Ph.D. in child development from the University of Southern California. He was an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine and on the attending staff of Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. He was founder and president of Focus on the Family, an organization that produces nationally broadcast radio programs on domestic issues, but is no longer affiliated with the organization because of significant philosophical differences with the new leadership. He is founder and president of Family Talk, a nonprofit organization that produces his radio program, Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk. He is the author of more than 30 books dedicated to the preservation of the family including The New Dare to Discipline, Love for a Lifetime, When God Doesn't Make Sense, Life on the Edge, Love Must Be Tough, The New Strong-Willed Child, Marriage Under Fire, and Head Over Heels.
Tyndale House, 1975
Chapter 3 - Low Self Esteem
In this book, Dr. Dobson provides an empathetic look at barriers to marital harmony and then offers insightful and helpful suggestions for their resolution. Both men and women will find his discussion interesting, often humorous, and immensely practical in its application to everyday living.
James C. Dobson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on April 21, 1936. He received an undergraduate degree from Pasadena College and a Ph.D. in child development from the University of Southern California. He was an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine and on the attending staff of Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. He was founder and president of Focus on the Family, an organization that produces nationally broadcast radio programs on domestic issues, but is no longer affiliated with the organization because of significant philosophical differences with the new leadership. He is founder and president of Family Talk, a nonprofit organization that produces his radio program, Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk. He is the author of more than 30 books dedicated to the preservation of the family including The New Dare to Discipline, Love for a Lifetime, When God Doesn't Make Sense, Life on the Edge, Love Must Be Tough, The New Strong-Willed Child, Marriage Under Fire, and Head Over Heels.
Tyndale House, 1975 - Family & Relationships
Chapter 2: Sources of Depression in Women
In this book, Dr. Dobson provides an empathetic look at barriers to marital harmony and then offers insightful and helpful suggestions for their resolution. Both men and women will find his discussion interesting, often humorous, and immensely practical in its application to everyday living.
Tyndale House, 1975 - Family & Relationships
James C. Dobson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on April 21, 1936. He received an undergraduate degree from Pasadena College and a Ph.D. in child development from the University of Southern California. He was an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine and on the attending staff of Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. He was founder and president of Focus on the Family, an organization that produces nationally broadcast radio programs on domestic issues, but is no longer affiliated with the organization because of significant philosophical differences with the new leadership. He is founder and president of Family Talk, a nonprofit organization that produces his radio program, Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk. He is the author of more than 30 books dedicated to the preservation of the family including The New Dare to Discipline, Love for a Lifetime, When God Doesn't Make Sense, Life on the Edge, Love Must Be Tough, The New Strong-Willed Child, Marriage Under Fire, and Head Over Heels.
I sounded drunk because it was 3 in the morning.
Making your well being the motivation for not indulging in pawrn. Not arbitrary rules. See the reason behind the rules.
Pawrn is limiting us from all that we COULD BE. WE CAN BE MUCH MORE THAN WE ARE. CHASE IT.
Marriage as an image of salvation.
How distorted Christianity allows for passivity.
You are only guaranteed to win the game IF YOU PLAY THE GAME. (faith + works)
Observation: feelings of resentment at random attractive women.
Theory: the more you indulge in porn, the more you will hate beautiful women in real life.
The paradox of uncontrolled desire is that I hate what I lust after, because 1) I cannot get it and 2) I know that it has control over me.
The key is to separate these feelings from the woman herself. Otherwise you end up seeing women as the enemy.
They are not. Instead they are merely the hosts that our parasitical desires have hijacked.
V - vision
I - intention
M - means
https://dwillard.org/articles/beyond-pornography
Chapter One
