Our Boys

As a mother of two boys I feel so responsible for making sure they grow into men that respect and honor the women around them. I have seen in my own life the consequences of parents who enable their sons by allowing disrespect and tolerating discourtesy towards women. Or teaching boys and girls the role they must abide by to be happy or to make others happy.
Because we live in a society where men do have advantages over women I feel that we must teach our sons the value of treating women with true love. Because not only are we all brothers and sisters but when a woman is given her place and treated with kindness she will reciprocate. The classic "Johnny Lingo" effect. If a woman sees she is valuable to others she becomes empowered to understand her worth. (Sadly many women don't understand, or have grown up around people who don't cultivate self worth) I don't think our society values women appropriately and to counter that as parents we are responsible for making this change in our children. The never ending battle against societies norms. It's a hard challenge to teach a boy to know he is the king of the world but that the women in the same world have equal value as queens ;-)

Here's a cool commentary on the topic of enabling our sons.

My Pobre Hijo Syndrome by Latina Fatale