>>4037247You would not have wanted my dad. And from the sound of it, I would not have wanted your parents, either. Shitty parents are just shitty parents and no one would benefit from them.
You're also somewhat misunderstanding me. I didn't innately dislike sports. In college I found out I do enjoy sports, can be decent at some of them, and am plenty competitive. But I couldn't learn that until I was away from my father forcing his way into and taking over everything I did to make it about him.
Even though people do talk about the importance of male role models, I still think it is massively underappreciated just how influential they are on a boy's life and development. I think this is why man x sho dynamics have had such enduring popularity in spite of growing taboos against them. It's tapping into a natural understanding that a boy's relationship with the men in his life is the single greatest influence on who he will become.
