Dr. Michael Gurian once said, “Every
time you raise a loving, wise, and responsible man, you have created a
better world for women. Women [today] are having to bond to half-men, with
boys who were not fully raised to manhood, don’t know how to bond,
don’t know what their responsibilities are to humanity, and don’t
have a strong sense of service.”
According to Dr. James Dobson, here are 12 rules every father should
teach his son about girls and women:
1. Speak well of girls and women. Never disparage them.
2. Earn the respect of others. Don’t be a clown.
3. Never hit a girl or woman.
4. Always protect them.
5. Walk on the outside of the sidewalk.
6. Be the one to pay for the food and entertainment when on a date.
7. Initiate phone calls and plans when dating.
8. Open doors for girls and women. Help a date with her coat and with her chair in a restaurant.
9. Never honk the car horn in the driveway.
10. Stand when a woman leaves the table or room — and when she returns. (“If he treats her like a lady, she will treat him like a man.”)
11. Practice sexual abstinence before marriage. (Explain the progressive nature of physical affection.)
12. Abstain from drug abuse and alcohol use.
Discuss these and other rules early and often as your son is growing up. Don’t wait until he is a teenager.
