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Quotes from Father and Child Reunion — Warren Farrell

born 1943 United States

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After a divorce, men’s biggest fear is, typically, losing their children (women’s is poverty).

Father and Child Reunion (2001)

The more the father is involved, the more easily the child makes open, receptive, and trusting contact with new people in its life.

Father and Child Reunion (2001)

Our children are better served by speaking not of “visitation” versus “custody,” but of “parent time.”

Father and Child Reunion (2001)

Since no one is always right, always being right is really a role model for his children feeling inadequate.

Father and Child Reunion (2001)

Men are the Rosie-the-Riveters of parenting: They’re brought in only when needed, and considered disposable thereafter.

Father and Child Reunion (2001)

Industrialization created the “Father’s Catch-22”: a dad loving his children by being away from the love of his children.

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When a parent denies a child its “parent time,” that parent is denying the child its child support -- its psychological child support.

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Men goeth to that place from which appreciation cometh.

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Both parents’ rights must be in balance so children can grow up with a balance between both parents.

Father and Child Reunion (2001)

Raising children was not designed for single parents. (Which is why divorce was such a taboo prior to birth control.)

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Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.

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A family that knows how to play together has the tools to stay together.

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On an unconscious level, the demonization of sexuality usually implies the demonization of males and the victimization of females.

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Dads in the family are even more important than women in the workplace: The workplace benefits from women, but the family needs dads.

Father and Child Reunion (2001)

Most mothers want more of dad in their children’s lives, not less.

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No force is more powerful -- or more multiple -- than the family.

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We cannot think of dads as being nurturing if we think of men as being self-serving.

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There is little life where no one will listen. These are fathers, sons and families who are needlessly lost.

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The challenge is shifting our appreciation: being willing to give up some of dad’s money for more of dad’s love. And, in the process, altering the psyche that makes him lovable.

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Implicit in the Hollywood formula of mom-by-option and dad-by-default is mom never at fault...to a fault.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Warren Farrell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.