Progress promoting fatherhood in US

BENJIDOVER79 · 2025-04-10T01:49:19+00:00

Listen, I’m glad this conversation is finally happening, but I’ll believe it when I see real changes on the ground. We’ve been talking about the struggles men face for years, and only now, when the political winds start shifting, do the big wigs in Washington suddenly realize dads matter and boys are in crisis? Come on. It's not like any of this is new.

We’ve got a generation of boys floundering in school, dying younger, offing themselves at alarming rates, getting crushed in family courts, and living in tents under overpasses. But somehow, society still pretends men are always the privileged ones. Try saying that to a guy who just lost his kids, his house, and half his income in a divorce.

Now look, I’m not some doomer. I want to see fatherhood promoted. I want boys to have mentorship, structure, and meaning in their lives. But we gotta be careful that this doesn’t just turn into another round of hollow virtue signaling. You don’t fix fatherlessness with hashtags and photo ops. You fix it by overhauling family court, revamping education so boys aren't treated like defective girls, and actually funding programs that get men off the streets and into work they can be proud of.

If the Democrats are finally waking up to this issue, great. If Republicans want to lead on it, fantastic. But spare me the lip service unless it comes with action. And that goes for the media too. You don't get to ignore the male suicide crisis for decades and then act like you discovered fire.

And let’s not kid ourselves — the reason a lot of women are now “supportive” of these changes is because they’re seeing firsthand how broken men make for a broken society. Single mothers raising sons who are struggling, daughters watching their dads disappear, communities rotting from a lack of strong male leadership. The problem isn’t just personal, it’s structural. We dismantled the pillars and now everyone’s surprised the roof’s caving in.

So yeah, I hope these bills go somewhere. I hope this isn't just another PR cycle. But if they’re serious about this? Great. About time they caught up to what the rest of us have known for decades.

EightyJay · 2025-04-10T00:19:19+00:00

This looks great.

jessi387 · 2025-04-11T03:46:43+00:00

If you want to know about how to promote fatherhood, look no further than the work of Daniel Amneus . Read, the case for father custody.

https://youtu.be/GWV93ncvx3I?si=xiTl8JJY2j879YI4

Title	Progress promoting fatherhood in US
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Date	April 10, 2025 12:13 AM UTC (1 year ago)
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