Men and Their Children
Every month or two I lead a men’s class for my Area.* Mostly we have worked on having and making friends, which is a challenge for all of us. Last time, however, I invited the men to work on their children.
All of them have children that are grown and out of the household, and they don’t talk about them, or their relationships with them, very much. Most of the men struggle with having a connection with their children or feel bad about the relationships.
Their minds worked well. They all went to early memories that included times when they could feel the connection, and all of them were able to cry.
I think we need to add this to the list of the many things that men do not talk about very much and encourage them to talk about it.
Dan Nickerson
Freeport, Maine, USA
Reprinted from the RC e-mail
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* An Area is a local RC Community.