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“In the traditional male hero’s hierarchy of needs, self-actualization is nowhere to be found—because the more he values himself, the less he is willing to sacrifice himself.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 97

“The traditional male hero is about self-sacrifice, not self-actualization.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 97

“Pick-up sports are excellent preparation for entrepreneurship.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 94

“Exercise helps build the muscle of a child’s brain even more effectively than studying.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 94

“We interview people who are extraordinary successes, so they are visible. We ignore people who create a balanced life, so they are invisible.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 93

“A key measure of emotional intelligence is knowing that every virtue taken to its extreme becomes a vice.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 89

“Boys who are not interested in school almost always have an interest that can be catalyzed into future employment if it is pursued via hands-on experience.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 87

“Should your son follow his bliss, it’s most likely the money he’ll miss.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 83

“Women who have the option of being economically self-sustaining will increasingly want your son to also have emotional and relationship intelligence.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 82

“And without love, your son’s purpose has no purpose.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 77

“The women who were best able to grow spiritually and psychologically had married men who were the least able to grow.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 71

“Many of the qualities your son develops to kill in war—or be a hero at work—undermine the qualities it takes to love at home.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 68

“The pay of the volunteer fireman? Praise. Respect. Purpose.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 67

“In The Deadliest Catch, the death the men face is the source of entertainment, but not of concern.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 67

“Your son learns the “hero paradox”: to value himself by not valuing himself.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 65

“The word hero derives from the root *ser-, from which we also get the word “servant.””

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 61

“The women’s movement warned every girl how marriage can seduce her to make a sacrifice of her career. But no one warned every boy how marriage can seduce him to make a sacrifice in his career.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 57

“Your son’s heroes didn’t climb traditional ladders—they built their own.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 53

“Your son may simultaneously feel that the male role is pressuring him to feel obligated to earn money someone else spends while he dies sooner.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 52

“Whether or not we know our dad, we have a relationship with him. The relationship in our mind is our relationship.”

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 51