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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Don’t label them. Let them be whoever they are.

2. Love them unconditionally.

3. Set boundaries. Teach manners.

4. Model empathy. Teach them to be kind.

5. Respect them, and teach them how to respect others.

6. Explain that they aren’t the center of the universe. Rather, they are part of a family unit, a community and a global community—and they have responsibilities.

7. Teach them how to clean up after themselves, how to cook, and how to be a self-sufficient human.

8. Demonstrate a healthy marriage where the parents are true partners who strive to make each other’s life easier.

I could go on, but that’s the basic stuff. It’s all common sense.

Signed,

Mother of 4 boys

PS - There’s no such thing as toxic masculinity...that’s just a clickbait phrase coined to sell books/articles. Some guys are just jerks. [/quote]

You should definitely read the piece in the Atlantic posted above.  [/quote]

That being an opinion piece taken from a book written by a woman who also writes on how to raise girls. In her opinion.  [/quote]

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