Daniel Wagner

Glad you liked it @American_Crow. Trying to get the word out about it. **Puts nose back to grindstone**

Great topic. (I subscribed!) Plz check out my video called "How to Hate Trump with Fake Photos" about media propaganda and misdirection. I think you'll really enjoy it s

Haha! Good one

I really appreciate everyone's feedback and great answers. Since I respect the FDR community over almost any other one, I tried to incorporate as many of the general ideas into this guide as possible. Here's the finished project I've been working on (and the reason I asked the question to begin with). http://www.unframeofmind.com/blog/fake-news-guide It would be greatly appreciated if you would help me spread the word about this guide. Thanks so much!

With all the talk of fake news going around lately, I created this guide to help solve the problem once and for all! You won't find a better guide anywhere on the internet http://www.unframeofmind.com/blog/fake-news-guide I'd love your thoughts on this so that I can continue to improve upon it and make it the most comprehensive guide on determining truth from falsehood in the new media.

In a recent google search to figure out how to determine fake news from real news, I noticed something rather... telling. Of the top 10 results, about 8 of them were from notoriously left-leaning liberal news sources. NPR, PBS, Washington Post, etc. So, I figured I'd come to a place that might actually be able to provide some insight. How do YOU determine fake from real news? Where do you get your news from? How do you decide who to trust and who to disregard?

This is the first of a series called "Letters to a Lefty." Single mothers tend to vote democrat whereas married women tend to vote republican. This has much to do with the fact that single parenthood would be nearly impossible without the promised handouts from the left that attempt to replace the role of the father. Please enjoy! Dear Single Mother, Isn’t it amazing that society has given you such a skewed sense of reality – holding you up as a strong and independent woman; a woman who doesn’t need a man in her life. You get to have people constantly validating your strength with congratulations of breaking free of the patriarchy; for kicking that useless idiot to the curb and going it alone. And even though in reality, you are weak and more dependent than ever without the father of your children, you are doing a fantastic job playing along; milking it for all its worth. That being said, I’m sorry that you will never be able to form strong maternal bonds with your children the way married women can because you’ve chosen to sacrifice their developmental years in exchange for working to pay the bills. I totally understand that by choosing to work, your children may suffer an average IQ loss of four to five points due to a lack of breastfeeding for therecommended period. It’s not your fault the bills keep coming every month, right? You and your child are more than four times more likely to live below the poverty line than a married couple (Rector, 2003). I totally get it. I feel for your struggle. I sense your pain. And since you have absolutely no moral responsibility or choice in the type of man you have sex with, I hate that you were forced to (a) mate with a man who wasn’t going to be a stable provider for your family, or (b) you were such a horrible person that you drove a good man away. But I don’t hold that against you. It’s the men who are to blame, right? They make all the choices—not you. I’m deeply sorry that your children are four times more likely to suffer moderate to severe abuse by your own hands and ten times more likely to suffer abuse if you decide to have a non-biological partner in the household. There goes that damned patriarchy again – forcing you to abuse and/or neglect your children. Remember back before you were forced to open your legs to become that strong independent woman? If only the men had told you about the effects it would have on your children and society overall (source). I just wish they would have told you that: · 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. · 90% of all homeless and runaway youths are from fatherless homes. · 85% of children who exhibit behavioral disorders are from fatherless homes. · 71% percent of high school dropouts are from fatherless homes. · 70% of youths in State institutions are from fatherless homes. · 75% of adolescent patients in substance abuse centers are from fatherless homes. · 85% of rapists motivated by displaced anger are from fatherless homes. I’m so sorry that we have a government and a society who is willing to subsidize your poor decisions; making it much less risky (at least financially) to have and raise children outside of marriage. And even though the most safe and stable environment for children is within a family headed by a mother AND a father, you are going to beat the odds, right? There’s no way in hell your children are going to become another statistic, right? I believe in you. I’m on your side. Kind Regards, Daniel Wagner (You can read more Letters to a Lefty @ http://www.unframeofmind.com/blog/?category=Letters+to+a+Lefty )

Link is broken: http://www.sbts.edu/family/blog/the-portrayal-of-fathers-in-popular-media/

Ok, I'm having a special moment. How do I get images into the posts? #Facepalm #forumnoob.com

Thought I'd create a thread of powerful quotes and images we can use to help spread the word about FDR on social media channels. Please feel free to add your own for the community. Here's one to start. Should be able to save the images to your computer and share them from there in your posts. If they need to be uploaded differently so they're easier to share please let me know. Here's another one

To answer your first question, I have talked with my children; and continue to do so. They are starting to notice there's a difference in parenting styles going on here, and as a result seem to have no respect for their mother. I try to explain to her that the respect is not magically granted to her by virtue of her position as a parent, but must be earned as it is for anyone else. In terms of her history, we've talked a lot. It's some dark stuff to be short. She is making strides in this area; slowly progressing toward shutting out her own mother completely. In many ways, she is doing way better for her kids than her mother did for her. Maybe it's my fault a bit for expecting instant results; like I was going to just give her the facts and things would be instantly better the next day.

I'm looking for some good reliable and credible sources for spanking statistics. Any ideas/links?

I have tried to hit her with the facts, tried to show her the video, even made a website specifically for the subject of transitioning parents. How many of my articles has she read? Maybe one or two. Did she watch the video? There's always some reason she's busy and she'll "get around to it later." It's like she's somehow too busy to study being a parent...Thanks for your advice everyone. I think I have some work to do; and some decisions to make.

I have been into the idea of peaceful parenting for about six months. I am still a recovering authoritarian parent of four beautiful children who were victims of my lack of parenting knowledge for far too long. (They're now 6, 8, 9, and 12 years old) My problem is: I am hitting a huge brick wall when it comes to getting my wife on board with the new methods and I'm not really sure how to approach it. She has already agreed not to spank or hit the children, but it's not because she "gets it." She complies with my wishes out of fear that I will get upset at her if she does. I've already let her know that I am not willing to accept this treatment for our children anymore. Another caveat is that she is heavily influenced by her friends and family who all find my new methods silly. I've tried to sit her down and explain the methodology and the rationale behind it all, but I can't seem to get through to her. I'm worried that it is my fault for being unable to properly communicate the ideas and influence her to change willingly. I realize that we need to provide a united front when it comes to parenting our children, and I'm not willing to budge on using coercion and fear to raise my kids. Anyone have any suggestions for this scenario?