Frank Pittman
Frank Pittman
Frank Smith Pittman, III, M.D.was an American psychiatrist and author. He wrote a regular column, "Ask Dr. Frank", which used to appear in Psychology Today...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
CountryUnited States of America
marriage infidelity causes
Bad marriages don't cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages.
anniversary marriage wedding
The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent, and it must be equal.
marriage love-is people
Love is not something people feel, but something people try to express no matter how they feel.
marriage laughing together
The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.
marriage important elements
Fidelity is the single most important element in solidly enduring marriages.
marriage submarines safe
Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside.
relationship hurt play
Common courtesy plays a big role in happy marriages. People who are permanently married are polite to one another. They don't want to hurt one another's feelings, and they don't try to make the other one feel humiliated. People who are married for life are extremely kind to one another.
marriage people done
For most people, a life lived alone, with passing strangers or passing lovers, is incoherent and ultimately unbearable. Someone must be there to know what we have done for those we love.
marriage married make-you-happy
Marriage isn't supposed to make you happy - it's supposed to make you married.
jobs parent age
Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age.
marriage father men
. . . in the end, there is nothing a man can do that a woman can't, except be a father.
sweat people products
Happy people learn that happiness, like sweat, is a by-product of activity.
strong clever struggle
Family life in Western society since the time of the Old Testament has been a struggle to maintain patriarchy, male domination, and double standards in the face of a natural drift towards monogamous bonding. Young men have been called upon to prove their masculinity by their willingness to die in warfare, and young women have been called upon to prove their femininity by their willingness to die for their man. Women have been asked to appear small, dumb, and helpless so men would feel big and strong, brave, and clever. It's been a trick.
daughter children father
Fathers who compete hard with their kids are monstrous. The father, for a throw-away victory, is sacrificing the very heart of hischild's sense of being good enough. He may believe he is making his son tough, as he was made tough by a similarly contending father, but he is only making his child desperate and mean like himself. Fathers must let their sons (and daughters) have their victories.