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We expect him to take up a lot of space in his gangly experiments with life, and we teach him, through task,…
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Our youth want less adult contact if that co ntacttreats them like boys. They want more adult contact that treats them like…
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Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful…
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The culture in which you parent, mentor, or educate boys exhorts them to be individualistic and group-oriented at once, but does not…
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As our lives speed up more and more, so do our children's. We forget and thus they forget that there is nothing…
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Jed Diamond is, quite simply, one of the wisest men writing today on the topic of male emotional and physical health.
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Boys get unfairly labeled as morally defective, hyperactive, undisciplined, or 'problem children,' when quite often the problem is not with the boys…
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If Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer were alive today, we’d say they had ADD or a conduct disorder. They [boys] are who…
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One of the great tragedies in human life is to be born a male and not be guided toward the value of…
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Teacher cannot solve or heal all student stress. The teacher can be vigilant in trying to guide the child toward solutions;but the…
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Neuroligacally, human beings haven't caught up with today's overstimulating environment. Getting kids out in nature can make a difference.
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The quickest way to create a boy or man who lacks compassion is to judge and shame his feelings.
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Biodiversity is the greatest treasure we have... Its diminishment is to be prevented at all cost.
— Unknown Author
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Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. It’s not a mere speeding up,…
— Douglas Rushkoff
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I wonder why it is that we so often imprison ourselves in the opinions of other people. There can be no punishment…
— Dawna Markova
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And so, a prediction, and my heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow…
— George Saunders
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The best of Mozart's works cannot be even slightly rewritten without diminishment.
— Peter Shaffer
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To drown a river beneath its own impounded water, by damming, is to kill what it was and to settle for something…
— David Quammen
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Nearly every day on the television set the hero cop breaks into the bad guy's house and beats a confession out of…
— Gerry Spence
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Cafeteria-style education, combined with the unwillingness of our schools to place demands on students, has resulted in a steady diminishment of commonly…
— Edward Hirsch
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Perhaps walking is best imagined as an 'indicator species,' to use an ecologist's term. An indicator species signifies the health of an…
— Rebecca Solnit
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Is despair wrong? Isn’t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? … After a number of events, what is…
— Julian Barnes
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Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was…
— Christopher Hitchens
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Atheists well understand that Christmas is the most visible display of religion in the world, and that any diminishment of it is…
— Bill O'Reilly
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