The Nuclear Family Was A Mistake
by David Brooks,
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.
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by David Brooks,
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.
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This 5 minute video from 2017 made me cry. Not only the truth that is being told, not only at the professionalism and courage of Iyanla, not only the reaction of the men and the women in the audience, but because of the power of the style she used in this discussion, 'no heat, no judgement" and "brothers need to start fathering each other".
To see her speak to these men, who have a combined 87 children by 50 different women, with honesty, pain, truth and vulnerability is powerful. It is truth they have never heard in this emotional, honest fashion and is as powerful for the black community, and every community, as you can get!
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