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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These boy-moms need to lead by eliminating any hint of toxic masculinity developing in their sons.[/quote]

What about the boy dads? Any responsibility there?[/quote]

Good point.

And I think there's no such thing as boymoms.  It's a gross concept with little evidence that it's a real thing.  Stop perpetuating it.  Just because it was written in a viral article doesn't make it real.

My sons respect women as much as they do men.  They have had school-based consent training in middle and high school.  They have very little tolerance for being around substance abusers.

I have asked them to always step up and protect others, even if they could or friends could get in trouble.  Call home.  Call the ambulance.  Call the police.  Ask people if they need to be walked somewhere.  Don't leave severely intoxicated people in situations where they could come to harm from weather, other people, stopping breathing, falling.  Tell the truth and don't do things that have negative consequences.  I've read them several articles about bad things tied to alcohol abuse at college.

Honestly, I think they are a bit afraid to date but they will get over it.

In my life, I was conservative about my travels and safety, and I have talked to them about the slightly unfair limitations I placed on myself.  But I never came to any harm.  Prudence AND good luck were on my side.  They may also need to watch out in cities at night.

A lot of pain could be avoided if kids were careful about substances.  That is a very big point of leverage in improving things.  It starts with what is modeled in the home.

I believe that my sons have been more warned and prepared than I was.  Except for maybe a few gym classes I had where I learned how to fight back if attacked.[/quote]

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