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Even if this was only a troll for Father's Day (I have a feeling at least a few feminists took the bait), #killallmen and #Ineedfeminismbecause gained quite the bit of attention. Or were those just trolls too?

Walk tall, buddy. Two interventions posted here in nearly as many days. If this keeps up the dam will soon be broken and maltreatment of children will be quashed before we know it.

I thought I would share a few YouTubers that I have found interesting to watch. They largely speak on men's rights and gender issues although some of them delve into other topics too. I know there are many others, some more popular, but I still wanted to share especially those that have good content yet relatively few subscribers. bane666au - http://www.youtube.com/user/bane666au Sargon of Akkad - http://www.youtube.com/user/SargonofAkkad100 6oodfella - http://www.youtube.com/user/6oodfella Victor Zen - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl31wRxmqFaDWLfbouUSEkA johntheother - http://www.youtube.com/user/johntheother M - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUheE2aYfKLOCVjqluXmQfg Sandman - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeCV-XNeZIoHiCGfNYCLh9Q Josh O'Brien - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe9Wf70NeHSXg2hwxZQJOIA MrSonicAdvance - http://www.youtube.com/user/MrSonicAdvance/ PsychologicalCynic - https://www.youtube.com/user/PsychologicalCynic The following two have had conversations with Stef in the past. Paul Elam - http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHappyMisogynist Karen Straughan - http://www.youtube.com/user/girlwriteswhat I'd be interested in hearing from other FDR subscribers about other channels that they follow.

I've thought about this too, and it's a great point. That is why I updated the OP in an effort to elicit from others some contrasts of peaceful parenting to non-peaceful parenting situations. From what I understand, there are certain things that children do and say that peaceful parents would be less likely to react to (or they would react completely differently) where coercive parents might more likely lose their cool. In this respect, I think parents who have switched to peaceful parenting during, rather than prior to, child rearing would be some of the most likely to contribute to this thread. My idea is that those who have successfully switched to peaceful parenting may have the biggest impact and provide some of the best practical examples to parents who currently use more coercive methods.Here is a reply to the video I referenced in my previous post above:

If I may quote a post of yours from another thread: Does this mean that if your kids did in fact successfully confine a person in some way (intentionally or not) that you would then confine them to show them what it's like? If they dropped a toy on your toe and it hurt you (again, intentionally or not), would you drop something on their toe to hurt them back? How does this model to them any sort of desirable behavior? Do you think this would affect the parent/child bond positively or negatively? Is it even necessary to punish children in the first place? If yes, can your children punish you if you make a mistake?

Thank you for intervening, Joel. I don't know about others, but I find stories of people intervening to be encouraging and motivating for someone like me who has a very hard time working up the courage to say something. How do you feel before you do it? This is something that I have noticed in other intervention stories. When someone intervenes it's as if the parents suddenly realize, "Uh oh! I know what I am doing is wrong and now someone has taken notice!" The parent has to frantically start backpedaling with their lighthearted tone to make it look like it's not a big deal. "Nothing wrong going on here. Nope. Not at all..." Somewhere inside themselves they really do know it's wrong but haven't done their responsible part of actually learning the best way to parent.

I have recently updated the OP to this thread. Thanks to v_bachvarov and LanceD who have contributed so far. LanceD, if you think your other stories could help parents who are in similar situations, please don't hesitate to share. Below is a link to a conversation between Stef and two expecting parents from a recent call-in show. The callers asked Stef about parenting situations that have tested his resolve and he shared some stories. http://youtu.be/dUY9HyYyxnA?t=1h49m26s I hope that others here will start sharing their stories so that this thread can become something very helpful to a great number of people. In addition to one of Mike's closing comments, I would also like to encourage more people to call in to the show with parenting related issues. I think they really are important. Based on what Stef and Mike were saying regarding the call-in shows being the most popular downloads, I think having more conversations about peaceful parenting would really help to get the message out to an even larger number of people.

I follow a couple of guys - one claiming to be God on twitter and another claiming to be Jesus H. Christ on Google+ Here are the links from another post I made: I probably should have posted them here, but they aren't exactly atheist as much as they are blasphemous. Laughing my ass off at some of their posts has become something of a guilty pleasure for me after deconverting from Christianity.

Have you seen this thread? https://board.freedomainradio.com/topic/37268-peter-joseph-is-not-happy-with-stef/

I can confirm most of both points in my case. No. 1 - I grew up in a semi-rural area where there weren't many other kids. I spent a lot of time by myself roaming the forest, reading, watching TV or playing video games. I was also typically the back up friend to a couple of classmates in school. No. 2 - not much in the way of secondary benefits... I was amazed at how much money other kids got from their parents and a new or lightly used car at 16 where I had to save for mine. I was on my own for college for the most part and an emotional connection from my dad was pretty much forbidden for most of my latency period and teen years.

Lians, thanks for posting the liveleak vid too. Just curious what you mean by this: Are you referring to the police?

"This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy prohibiting content designed to harass, bully or threaten" Apparently YouTube also has a removal policy to prohibit exposing harassment, bullies and threats. I am sure it was an honest mistake on their part that this video was labeled with the wrong take-down message.

I did a quick search on this forum and didn't see any similar external link with the exception of http://freedomainradiomeetup.com/. Does anyone think that a forum plugin like this might be nice to have to help connect with other FDR listeners in their area? Would the admins be interested in implementing such a thing?

Two to five years according to this video from about 12:00 to 12:45 or so.

While screening a telephone call back on an answering machine after having my fill of holding the handset to my ear with a temper tantrum throwing father on the other end: "Answer the goddamned telephone like a MAN!"

Yeah, that's another one rattling around in my head (assuming you're talking about mom from the attractive singing couple). I was thinking of going cherry picking this weekend since they are evidently in season. I can find all the Bible passages I want that support slavery and/or wife-beating and then say that I was led to manage my bitches in such a way. I am still unsure as to how I should format the vid. I don't have the doe eyes and perky apples that she does. Husky with facial hair would be more accurate and I doubt that such a look has as much modern Christian appeal.

You have quite the way with words, man. I laughed at this for about five minutes straight.

I need to get into making short films. I feel like I could make films like this one all day long. Nice bearded dude shopping for a baby sling or a pram pulls out the needle and punctures a stack of condoms or swaps the birth control wheel with sugar pills. Happy Fathers' Day! Classy. I would have to come up with a looong list of potential backup YouTube names because I think I would probably need them...

Feel free to PM me anytime. Regarding procrastination: general homelessness, starvation and deportation were pretty good motivators to get going with my work. My wife and I moved overseas and we started working freelance instead of for a company because the alternative was to have our residence permits under absolute control of the business we would have worked for. If it didn't work out with them, our visas would immediately expire and we would have to leave the country the same day. Ridiculous. That was too big a risk for us compared to running some ads and getting things going by ourselves. With the rules and regs I did as much reading as I could beforehand to figure out what we needed. As far as the working relationship between me and my wife, we pool our resources in some areas and work separately in others. We usually advertise with one ad that would benefit both of us. We pass each other clients when we see that they would benefit from one of us better than the other. We don't have a business name, we work under our own names - things like that.

It might depend on which traumas they experienced too. I'm not sure how willing people would be to share such information on a public forum. In my case I have trouble determining the answer to question #1. My father did all those things at one point or another. What I am not sure of is the quantifier. What is often or very often? Did it happen often or very often? I don't remember. Other questions I answered yes to include: 2. I got whipped with a belt on multiple occasions. At least once left marks that others asked me about. 6. My parents got divorced in my early teens. 8. My father was an alcoholic for most of my first decade of life. 9. My mother has had problems with depression. I think she is permanently on meds for it now. So, depending on how I answer the first question I score between a 4 and 5. One thing I have wondered about is the fact that I find the traumas that I didn't experience to be far worse than the ones that I did experience, though I could pretty easily rank the ones I did experience from "best" to worst. I wonder how others see things relative to their experiences.

40 year old photo on acidified paper taken on a humid day vs. digital photo on a clear day... That's my first thought.

I care. Is this even about the naming of the forum any longer? Or is this now more about lack of consistency in using accurate language? I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, but it seems to be about the latter. Shouldn't such consistency and accuracy in language be critically important on a philosophy forum? If I am off the mark here, I would greatly appreciate being informed about it. I am rather new to many concepts here, after all, but I do have to say that I felt a bit disturbed and disappointed after reading the above exchange.

I have this same view when it comes to posting comments on sites like YouTube re pro-spanking videos, etc. I usually don't have high hopes for the poster, but perhaps some of the audience could be persuaded.

I wanted to start my own business for a long time before I actually made it happen. I always made some excuse for not getting started because I didn't have certain things in order yet that I thought would really set me up for a good start. In truth, having those things didn't matter. I was simply procrastinating. Later there was something of a transitional period where I worked for a couple years with a business partner who had more business experience than I did. It was a big learning experience because I quickly found out that we didn't have the same levels of ambition and that caused problems to the point of us eventually parting ways. Now both my wife and I work in the same field as quasi-business partners. We are both happy that way in that we each manage our own work and don't interfere with each other's autonomy too much. I often feel the pull to branch out into a different field of interest, so I think I understand where you are coming from. Have you thought about putting out a few feelers for a few of your interests to see if one of them might develop into something lucrative?

Welcome! I found Stef's YouTube channel a few years ago and feel like I have barely scratched the surface so far. There are lots of interesting things he has to say. Which podcasts have you been listening to? Are there any that have particularly struck you so far? As far as your working situation, what kind of business do you want to start?