The most likely cause of a man's depression is his failure to be the man he thinks he should be — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
. . . in the end, there is nothing a man can do that a woman can't, except be a father. — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Becoming Father the Nurturer rather than just Father the Provider enables a man to fully feel and express his humanity and his… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
At the heart of the matter of masculine excess is a great longing for the love and approval of a father, a… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Most of us have felt barriers between ourselves and our fathers and had thought that going it alone was part of what… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys' bodies change… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Our father has an even more important function than modeling manhood for us. He is also the authority to let us relax… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Infidelity flows from a belief that women have the power to make you feel like a man if you only find a… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
It's not that we have too much mother, but too little father. We can't forgive our mothers for taking the place of… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Every boy was supposed to come into the world equipped with a father whose prime function was to be our father and… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
A real man doesn't have to run from his mother, and may even have to face the reality that no great deed… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
The great passion in a man's life may not be for women or men or wealth or toys or fame, or even… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
The men who are messing up their lives, their families, and their world in their quest to feel man enough are not… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
As a guy develops and practices his masculinity, he is accompanied by an invisible male chorus of all the other guys, who… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
All those tough guys who want to scare the world into seeing them as men . . . who don't know how… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
The mother must teach her son how to respect and follow the rules. She must teach him how to compete successfully with… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
What we men share is the experience of having been raised by women in a culture that stopped our fathers from being… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Family life in Western society since the time of the Old Testament has been a struggle to maintain patriarchy, male domination, and… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
I'm not suggesting that all men are beautiful, vulnerable boys, but we all started out that way. What happened to us? How… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
When the masculine mystique is pulling boys and men out into the world to growl manly noises at one another, the only… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
The guys who fear becoming fathers don't understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
At the heart of male bonding is this experience of boys in early puberty: they know they must break free from their… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
We become male automatically because of the Y chromosome and the little magic peanut, but if we are to become men we… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
We long for our father. We wear his clothes, and actually try to fill his shoes. . . . We hang on… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Masculinity varies from time to time and place to place. But it doesn't exist just in the mind of a single guy:… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers has hadless… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
We long for our father. We wear his clothes, and actually try to fill his shoes. . . . We hang on to him,… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
Our ability to fall in love requires enough comfort with our masculinity to join it with someone's femininity and feel enhanced. .. . If… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
The mother must teach her son how to respect and follow the rules. She must teach him how to compete successfully with the other… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with a couple… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
Every boy was supposed to come into the world equipped with a father whose prime function was to be our father and show us… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
At the heart of male bonding is this experience of boys in early puberty: they know they must break free from their mothers and… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
We know how powerful our mother was when we were little, but is our wife that powerful to us now? Must we relive our… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
Mothers who are strong people, who can pursue a life of their own when it is time to let their children go, empower their… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
Fidelity is the single most important element in solidly enduring marriages. — Frank Pittman Copy Share
Some parents were awful back then and are awful still. The process of raising you didn't turn them into grown-ups. Parents who were clearly… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
To insult a friend implies that you respect his masculinity enough to know he can take it without acting like a crybaby. The swapping… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. — Frank Pittman Copy Share
Happy people learn that happiness, like sweat, is a by-product of activity. — Frank Pittman Copy Share
In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys' bodies change and that… — Frank Pittman Copy Share
