Tag: Fathers and sons

FATHERS & SONS When a father is emotionally unavailable to his son, the son lacks a healthy male role model. He might struggle to deal with emotions in an effective way Struggle to know what a healthy boundary is and know how to put it in place Feel confused about what it is to be male in the world Use peers as role models rather than parents Experience low self-esteem He might fight to be different to his father He might inadvertently become just like his father, then experience self-hatred Struggle with male friendships Shut down his emotional self and numb Feel he is unworthy of his father’s attention

Fathers and Sons

Jennifer June 19, 2022

After reading the last two posts, many people have asked, “What about the men?” How do men respond to the father wound? Of course, everyone’s response to any disconnection is different, so the core thing to remember is that there …