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Improving the Masculine #2: Dad's Downloads to Their Sons

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To speak of young boys and the shaping of the men they are to become is to invoke one of the most delicate and vital alchemical processes in the human journey. For in the crucible of childhood, the psyche is molten, receptive, and impressionable — and it is here that the figure of the father, or the lack thereof, becomes a kind of mythic force, casting long shadows across the soul’s landscape.

In a later part of this series we'll of course speak to the massive importance of the mother, and especially how that relates to a boy's future relationships with women, but for this one, we'll say a father is typically the primary channel through which masculine aspects of culture pours itself into the next generation. And the “downloads” dads give sons are not merely advice, but psychic imprints—gestures, tones, and ways of being that are installed deep in the nervous system before the child even has words to critique them.

These insight sub-episodes are mirrored on our primary YouTube channel which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@NilesHeckman/videos

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To speak of young boys and the shaping of the men they are to become is to invoke one of the most delicate and vital alchemical processes in the human journey. For in the crucible of childhood, the psyche is molten, receptive, and impressionable — and it is here that the figure of the father, or the lack thereof, becomes a kind of mythic force, casting long shadows across the soul’s landscape.

In a later part of this series we'll of course speak to the massive importance of the mother, and especially how that relates to a boy's future relationships with women, but for this one, we'll say a father is typically the primary channel through which masculine aspects of culture pours itself into the next generation. And the “downloads” dads give sons are not merely advice, but psychic imprints—gestures, tones, and ways of being that are installed deep in the nervous system before the child even has words to critique them.

These insight sub-episodes are mirrored on our primary YouTube channel which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@NilesHeckman/videos

  continue reading

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