‘Great Man’ Theory Of Fatherhood: ‘Oppenheimer’s Children of the Desert

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Parenting norms come inevitably shaped by generational trends. My Uncle Robert will tell you that as a boy in Casper, Wyoming circa the mid-1950s, any adult could and would physically assault you for misbehavior, whether actual or perceived. Such threats of regular corporeal interventions from their elders failed , incredibly, to deter him and his younger brother (the…