Jeff Sass is the proud dad of ZEO (Zach, 22, Ethan, 20 and Olivia, 19). Г‚В I just hope they stay away from my daughter! Unfortunately, I have met men who appear to still live inside The Man Box. Г‚В More importantly, I hope that the views, beliefs and behaviors I have instilled upon my two sons will mean that they will never go anywhere near the thinking that is inside this boxвЂ¦ Г‚В I had never heard of the concept of Г‚В вЂњThe Man BoxвЂќ before, but I am certainly aware of some of itвЂ™s contents and IвЂ™d like to believe that my own views and behavior are very much outside of this box. The video below from TED WOMEN is a pretty raw talk by Tony Porter, co-founder of the nonpro?t A Call to Men: The National Association of Men and Women Committed to Ending Violence Against Women. Г‚В As the father of a daughter and two sons, I have given much thought to the role model I must play for my children as it relates to their gender and I try to do my best to not let my firsthand familiarity with the male mindset influence me as the parent of a girl (well, young woman nowвЂ¦), especially as she has been the lone female in the house for a number of years. Г‚В This time TED has inspired a more manly postвЂ¦ or not. I have used many TED videos as the inspiration for blog posts here on Dad-O-Matic and onГ‚ my personal blog on several occasions and given the depth and breadth of the content from TED and TEDx events, I suspect this wonвЂ™t be the last.

Man in the box get back in that box