Ben Shapiro

Abraham teaches Isaac, and so Isaac ends up becoming a builder of wells, right?

He actually ends up re-

mining his own father's wells, symbolically what that means is that he is bringing the same truths to society that his father brought to society that had to be taught to him by his dad.

On the other hand, Isaac as a dad is pretty flawed.

And because Isaac as a dad is pretty flawed, his kids end up at odds with one another.

There's a lot to learn from the Bible about moral responsibility and what dads are supposed to do, but it is also true the Bible mandates you are supposed to respect and honor your father and mother.

You're supposed to take what they say with significant gravity.

That is because to honor your father means to honor the values that animate your family and your nation and your history.

I love being involved with my kids.

I spend as much time with my kids as humanly possible.

But the core function of dad is not actually to change diapers.

The core function of dad is to instill morality.

Doesn't mean that dads can't change diapers.

I change a lot of diapers.

But...

the core function of a father is different than the core function of a mother if you and mom you're the dad and your mom can do the same thing that is not the core function the core function of a dad is to again protect enforce teach that is a different role so you can do all of those things while still relieving the burdens of household duties and homework duties on mom and that's a great thing it makes for a better relationship in many cases with both your kids and with your wife

one of the great things that's happened in western society is that as we have become richer as the natural consequences of life have become more distant from us we've been able to buffer ourselves from those natural realistic consequences of life because we are very rich and because we have amazing products and goods and services and all the rest it means that we have thought that all of the fundamental bases of civilization are no longer necessary we can get rid of fatherhood and it won't have any impact on society the government can just pay the bills

We can get rid of motherhood, and that won't have any impact on society.

After all, there are social services for that.

It's not true.