4 Quotes by Dan Kindlon

There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart. – WASHINGTON IRVING.

I recognize you. You are a boy – full of life, full of dreams, full of feeling.

If you ask a boy, ‘How did that make you feel?’ he very often won’t know how to respond. He’ll talk instead about what he did or plans to do about the problem. Some boys don’t even have the words for their feelings – sad or angry or ashamed – for instance. A large part of our work with boys and men is to help them understand their emotional life and develop an emotional vocabulary.

For too many sons, this emotional breach between them and their fathers remains a lifelong source of sadness, anger, bitterness, or shame.