{"id":379797,"date":"2015-08-14T22:56:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T22:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/14\/be-good-to-your-sons\/"},"modified":"2015-08-14T22:56:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T22:56:17","slug":"be-good-to-your-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/14\/be-good-to-your-sons\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Good to Your Sons"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had a conversation with a man who believes that boys\/men shouldn’t cry.<\/p>\n

It was likely ingrained in him as a child.<\/p>\n

We’ve all heard the expressions: “Boys who cry are sissies\/weak\/wimps. Boys DO NOT cry.”<\/p>\n

Though this man says that’s what he believes for himself, he proclaims that he didn’t try to influence his boys of such things.<\/p>\n

But did he?<\/p>\n

Actions do, indeed, speak louder than words, which means he might not have spoken those words to his children, but he did model the behavior.<\/p>\n

As I drove home, I thought about the lyrics, “Fathers be good to your daughters.”<\/p>\n

Fathers be good to your sons<\/em>, I thought.<\/p>\n

Each one of us is born with the emotional facet<\/a><\/span>. We are born to respond to external stimuli.<\/p>\n

When we release our emotions, we share that energy with those around us.<\/p>\n

When we bottle up our happy emotions, we deprive others of that happy vibe and ourselves of the added joy.<\/p>\n

Have you ever, for whatever reason, withheld exciting news for a period of time.<\/p>\n

“I thought I was going to bust a gut!” is a common expression.<\/p>\n

When we bottle up sadness, the feelings expand like a noxious gas, eventually becoming toxic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Those pent-up fumes tend to release in the form of anger.<\/p>\n

Bitterness and resentment and sarcasm and a sense of insecurity often follow suit.<\/p>\n

That is not being good to our boys, Journeyer.<\/p>\n

Boys will do what you do.<\/p>\n

Boys will become reactors who turn into fathers,<\/p>\n

so mothers be good to your sons, too…<\/p>\n

Men who are in touch with how they feel are able to be sympathetic to others.<\/p>\n

Men who can express their emotions are more likely to have honest dialogue.<\/p>\n

It’s also quite possible that in allowing our boys to be express how they feel and to release the negative energy from within that we can reduce domestic violence.<\/p>\n

Fathers be good to your daughters,<\/p>\n

Fathers be good to your sons, too,<\/p>\n

Mothers be good to all your kiddos, too…<\/p>\n

We need this, Journeyer; our boys need this…<\/p>\n

Until we meet again, yours in hope, healing, and happiness,<\/p>\n

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