This article discusses recent research on the male brain and fatherhood, offering further evidence that men nurture their children—just in a different way than women.
This sounds more scientific than it is. As in most areas of study, we know a tiny fraction of what there is to know. The main reason that scientists make heavy use of Latin is to hide how little they know from nonscientists. Do they know more about it than I do? Of course they do, but that's not saying much. What I'm pointing out is that scientists do not want us to know just how little they do know. And, many of them are not aware of how little they know.
Sticking probes into the various "centers" of the brain and associating observed behaviors with those centers is only a small step beyond 18th century phrenology, which many scientists of the time believed in. There is more to be learned from observation of behavior than from speculations about how different parts of the brain work, a subject we can know little about.
Applying various electrical charges or chemical reactions here and there add no understanding to human or animal behavior, especially when so many of those scientists deny that behaviors can be labeled as good or bad.
Tom, this isn't necessarily true. Sometimes when either mate notices a lack of a particular type of nurturing, the other will step up to fill that void, such as the very things you mention that a mother brings to the relationship, like snuggling, and what some may perceive as feminine traits. A child will let the parent know that they need from each. I played rough and tumble with my son. But my daughter required something different from me. It made me realize how different they were and as a result my bond with each is very strong.
The article isn't about whether humans are able to adjust to parenting situations. I'm sure they are. It is about the natural responses of men and women and how they are wonderfully different.
In addition, one note. With the rate of divorce and the corruption in our family courts, it has brought about a generation of fathers quite comfortable fulfilling those roles in parenting. Perhaps an article on the family courts driving off fathers from their own flesh and blood would be a timely article.
The treatment of father's via the family courts is a tragedy. Unnecessarily removing a loving parent from their children is an act of evil. It's a topic that can't be overdone and one that gets far too little attention. We are living in a gynocentric world that prefers to simply ignore the emotional pain of men. If you have some ideas about this please consider writing them up and sending them to me and we can see if they can be published here.
This sounds more scientific than it is. As in most areas of study, we know a tiny fraction of what there is to know. The main reason that scientists make heavy use of Latin is to hide how little they know from nonscientists. Do they know more about it than I do? Of course they do, but that's not saying much. What I'm pointing out is that scientists do not want us to know just how little they do know. And, many of them are not aware of how little they know.
Sticking probes into the various "centers" of the brain and associating observed behaviors with those centers is only a small step beyond 18th century phrenology, which many scientists of the time believed in. There is more to be learned from observation of behavior than from speculations about how different parts of the brain work, a subject we can know little about.
Applying various electrical charges or chemical reactions here and there add no understanding to human or animal behavior, especially when so many of those scientists deny that behaviors can be labeled as good or bad.
Interesting take on this. Maybe like the wizard of Oz.
Fascinating data. Buttressing the fact that children need both a mother and a father to satisfactorily raise the children.
Great work. Keep grinding.
Thank you Travis, grind we will!
Tom, this isn't necessarily true. Sometimes when either mate notices a lack of a particular type of nurturing, the other will step up to fill that void, such as the very things you mention that a mother brings to the relationship, like snuggling, and what some may perceive as feminine traits. A child will let the parent know that they need from each. I played rough and tumble with my son. But my daughter required something different from me. It made me realize how different they were and as a result my bond with each is very strong.
The article isn't about whether humans are able to adjust to parenting situations. I'm sure they are. It is about the natural responses of men and women and how they are wonderfully different.
In addition, one note. With the rate of divorce and the corruption in our family courts, it has brought about a generation of fathers quite comfortable fulfilling those roles in parenting. Perhaps an article on the family courts driving off fathers from their own flesh and blood would be a timely article.
The treatment of father's via the family courts is a tragedy. Unnecessarily removing a loving parent from their children is an act of evil. It's a topic that can't be overdone and one that gets far too little attention. We are living in a gynocentric world that prefers to simply ignore the emotional pain of men. If you have some ideas about this please consider writing them up and sending them to me and we can see if they can be published here.
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