The Absent Wound is the most visible of the five father-wound patterns. The father isn’t there. Through death, divorce, abandonment, incarceration, deployment, or...
Read MoreThere’s a particular kind of father who is very much there. He shows up. He’s at the games, the parent-teacher conferences, the band concerts. He pays for...
Read MoreWhy the First Weeks Are the Hardest—and Why That’s Actually Good I tell every parent the same thing before their son begins the Quest Project: “It’s going to get worse...
Read MoreAnd What He Needs You to Stop Doing This is going to be uncomfortable. I’m going to ask you to do something that goes against every instinct you have as a mother: step...
Read MoreThe Classroom Window Into Your Son’s Wound The email always starts the same way. “We’re concerned about your son’s behavior.” And the parent’s reaction is...
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