The Pagan Father
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Conan the Barbarian (1982) – the #1 movie for boys
Conan is the movie I’ve probably watched the most times with my kids. It’s simple, aesthetic, entertaining, has no flickering crazy effects, and is packed with ideas and value. My kids love it and starting it feels like coming home when we re-watch it every year. The music, the visuals, the story progression – it’s…
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Your kids’ memories are not what you expect
One of the primary reasons we try to spend quality, fun time with kids is to fill their memory with colorful and empowering episodes. As men, we always want them to remember things we do together and to memorize what we tell them. It makes perfect sense – life happens to us all, people get…
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The worst thing you can do for your kids is make them fat
We all remember Socrates’ words from Plato’s works – “It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” Being overweight takes you further from Nature, from Gods, and from functioning at your full capacity. The parents are responsible for their kids’ body…
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Slow down
You are not slowing down with your kids enough. Both you and the kids need to be slowed down. This gets more and more important every year considering how our culture evolves. Everything about how we as a society interact with the world is faster, more shallow, overproduced, overconsumed, and overconnected. Kids today are assaulted…