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The Best Advice My Father Ever Gave
Me
Importance of Family
Dinners
National
Career Day for Our Sons
Take Our Daughters And Sons to Work
Week
Fathers & Sons
Dedicated
Dads
No Fear, No Tears, Die Numb
Age of
Discontent
Missing
Children
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Guide: Gangs, testices, stds, aids, safe dating.
It all started for me at a major wrestling championship in Southern California. There were lots of "No-fear" t-shirts and caps around. The air-brusher was busy putting "No Fear" on the back of event t-shirts along with cartoon bulldogs with fangs and puffed out muscles and other such images. Many of the end users were thin, small muscled boys getting ready to "be tough". Well, I decided to have my own t-shirt designed and wear it for the remainder of the event. It read, "No Fear, No Tears, Die Numb." I had a number of parents and young wrestlers thank me for reminding them about the value and importance of fear - how ignoring it or pushing it out of the way can create unnecessary dangers. How the great Samari know fear and don't hide form it but bring it out in front, put it on the end of their sword, and cut with it. The design we offer is an improvement on the original air-brushed design. From there, I designed a second one to change the emphasis from "No Fear" to "Know Fear". You can down-load the individual design for the back of a t-shirt or a whole sheet of smaller logos that you can print-out, cut up into individual iron-ons to put on the front of a t-shirt where a breast pocket would go and give the others to friends to do the same. We also offer a FREE 6 3/4 x 3" "Know Fear" bumper sticker. Send a SASE to: The National Men's Resource Center, PO Box 800, San Anselmo, CA 94979.
In the words of Hannah Arendt, "Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival." All feelings are good - fear, pain, sadness, joy and anger. It's the behaviors that we use to demonstrate the feelings that need to be looked out. For instance, anger is a feeling. Violence is not a feeling. It is a behavior. There are many other ways anger can be expressed that are healthy yet non-violent. So, it is the behaviors we need to work with. Think about it! And, make your t-shirt today!
For Sons:
If you have a son over 15 have him check this information out so he can learn this simple self exam for testicular cancer Side1 Side2. It is amoung the easiest cancers to cure when detected early, yet 700 young men will die from it this yeaer. A once-a-month simple self-examination can help catch this cancer at its early stage. This guide can be down-loaded in its entirity or you can send for a water-proff guide that can hang on your shower head at home or school. (The best time to examine yourself is while taking a shower or bath. The warm water casues the skin to relax, making the examination of the underlying tissue easier.) If you would like a monthly remind to do the exam, sign-up for our free service at: www.egroups.com/group/menstuff-testicular-exam. It could be a life saver.
Facts on Gangs: What every chitizen should know. Provides information on signs of possible gang involovement, how to protect your children, what you can do plus answers to the 7 most frequently asked questions. $3 each.
Safe Dating Guide: The body is special. In order to safeguard yourself, you must avoid high-risk situations. This is a guide to reduce dating risks, provides come-backs to common lines you may hear or say, and provides facts you should know about date rape. $3 each.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Education Guide: This guide provides myths and facts about STDs, the cause and symptoms, diagnosis and treatement, and prevention information for the 10 major diseases. For anyone who is sexually active or thinking about becoming sexual. $3 each.
AIDS Education Guide: Includes the answers to the top 15 questions about AIDS plus Condom Do's and Don'ts. $3 each.
Sources: Books - 13th Generation, abuse-boys, abuse-child, adolescence, video-cassettes, children, circumcision, families, fathers & daughters, fathers & sons, fathers-general; fathers-single, gangs, mentoring, parenting-general, parenting-single, video tapes; Issues fathers & daughters, fathers & sons, fathers-stories, kidstuff, divorce & custody, tv violence; and Resources - fathers, family, circumcision, youth services.
To this day I can remember my father's voice singing over me in the stillness of the night. Carl G. Jung
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