Self-control is the most important lesson for boys to learn in order to become men. It combines morality and responsibility. It's up to each of us to determine our behavior and to not allow ourselves to act based upon mere impulse and emotion. Self-control is really the hallmark of manhood itself.
This is such an important topic and I wish more fathers and mothers did the WORK that you are doing to raise your children properly. The timing of this video is interesting because just last night for the first time in my life I had to tell the 7-year-old boy sitting directly in front of me at mass, who spent the first 35 minutes flailing, squirming, grimacing at his mother and father, grooming his mother, standing up on the pew, turning around grimacing at me, jumping up and down, rubber-necking, and otherwise being completely unruly - I had to STOP this boy before he continued to carry on like this during the Eucharistic liturgy, which has celebrated by the Bishop no less! This was a special mass and it was packed. I actually would have moved but this mass was standing room only. (This church is my parish of 15 years and I was born in this city in the 1960s, a cradle Catholic, probably old enough to be the parents of this child's parents. Regardless, the situation was so WRONG.) After having this kid disturbing the peace of the mass and repeatedly standing up on the pew and turning around and staring at me, I quietly but very sternly said, "OK, this needs to STOP!" The mother turned around and glared at me and I looked her in the eye and said, "YOU need to take him out of here! This is not fair!" From that moment on, that child was quiet as a mouse and was still and well-behaved through the rest of the mass, THANK GOD. This child was literally ruining the mass for several people who were unfortunate to be sitting near this family. I prayed that Jesus would intervene and handle the situation. The father did nothing! The mother was condoning the behavior and treating him like he was a 1-year-old, but he was at least 7 years old (he received holy communion.) At first I thought he may have had a severe disability of some kind but he didn't. He was quiet, still, and self-controlled for the rest of the mass after I told him to stop it and said take him out of the church. Both parents did nothing. I should NEVER have had to discipline someone else's son. I will NEVER sit anywhere near children again. I will literally have to reconnoiter where to sit every time I go to mass so I don't have to experience something so unfair.
Boys need a mentor. They need to spend time with their father and observe his behavior. Kids learn a thousand times more by watching than they do by reading or listening to lectures (though those are necessary as well). Children need their parents. This is why homeschooling is so beneficial for kids even for non-academic work. They get to see their parents in a variety of situations. Too many parents seem to despise their kids and spend as little time with them as possible.
Boys need strong, moral, dads to teach them to be the leaders and protectors of the families of the future. Thank you guys.❤
Self-control is the most important lesson for boys to learn in order to become men. It combines morality and responsibility. It's up to each of us to determine our behavior and to not allow ourselves to act based upon mere impulse and emotion. Self-control is really the hallmark of manhood itself.
This is such an important topic and I wish more fathers and mothers did the WORK that you are doing to raise your children properly. The timing of this video is interesting because just last night for the first time in my life I had to tell the 7-year-old boy sitting directly in front of me at mass, who spent the first 35 minutes flailing, squirming, grimacing at his mother and father, grooming his mother, standing up on the pew, turning around grimacing at me, jumping up and down, rubber-necking, and otherwise being completely unruly - I had to STOP this boy before he continued to carry on like this during the Eucharistic liturgy, which has celebrated by the Bishop no less! This was a special mass and it was packed. I actually would have moved but this mass was standing room only. (This church is my parish of 15 years and I was born in this city in the 1960s, a cradle Catholic, probably old enough to be the parents of this child's parents. Regardless, the situation was so WRONG.) After having this kid disturbing the peace of the mass and repeatedly standing up on the pew and turning around and staring at me, I quietly but very sternly said, "OK, this needs to STOP!" The mother turned around and glared at me and I looked her in the eye and said, "YOU need to take him out of here! This is not fair!" From that moment on, that child was quiet as a mouse and was still and well-behaved through the rest of the mass, THANK GOD. This child was literally ruining the mass for several people who were unfortunate to be sitting near this family. I prayed that Jesus would intervene and handle the situation. The father did nothing! The mother was condoning the behavior and treating him like he was a 1-year-old, but he was at least 7 years old (he received holy communion.) At first I thought he may have had a severe disability of some kind but he didn't. He was quiet, still, and self-controlled for the rest of the mass after I told him to stop it and said take him out of the church. Both parents did nothing. I should NEVER have had to discipline someone else's son. I will NEVER sit anywhere near children again. I will literally have to reconnoiter where to sit every time I go to mass so I don't have to experience something so unfair.
Boys need a mentor. They need to spend time with their father and observe his behavior. Kids learn a thousand times more by watching than they do by reading or listening to lectures (though those are necessary as well).
Children need their parents. This is why homeschooling is so beneficial for kids even for non-academic work. They get to see their parents in a variety of situations. Too many parents seem to despise their kids and spend as little time with them as possible.