Mike Holmes

1 week ago | theherald.co.za | Guy Rogers |Mike Holmes

Premium The father of Eastern Cape conservation, who guided the first purchases of marginal farmland in the early 1990s that today underpins the province’s multibillion-rand eco-tourism sector, has died. Four-hundred people attended the send-off on Wednesday last week for Bill “Tick” Fowlds, 88, at the sixth-generation family homestead Leeuwenbosch, now a lodge in the Amakhala Game Reserve, after a family funeral service at the Leeuwenbosch Chapel ...

Dec 6, 2024 | medium.com | Mike Holmes

Mike Holmes·Follow3 min read·--In today’s culture, manhood is often misunderstood, maligned, or put on trial — sometimes literally. The recent case of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran facing legal charges for his actions on a New York City subway, underscores this troubling reality. Currently the judge dismissed a manslaughter charge against Penny today after jurors said they were deadlocked.

Dec 6, 2024 | medium.com | Mike Holmes

Mike Holmes·Follow5 min read·--Photo by Jon Tyson on UnsplashThe US has an interesting trend: it has the highest rate of single parent fatherless households in the WORLD. Why Your Wife Wants a Divorce—and Why It’s Not Always Your FaultShe doesn’t want you to know this 👀medium.comDo you know how good you have to be at something to be the world leader in it? 🤯Unfortunately, thosechildren in single parent fatherless homes are affected in many ways:There is a 4x greater risk of poverty.

Dec 1, 2024 | medium.com | Mike Holmes

Mike Holmes·Follow3 min read·--Photo by Debashis RC Biswas on UnsplashI recently wrote a post entitled Man-Hating in Modern Culture: How Misandry Has Become Socially Acceptable. It spoke about the rise of public misandry — how “femisnists” have shifted from advocating for equality to promoting an anti-male agenda. Needless to say it got some push back.

Nov 13, 2024 | medium.com | Mike Holmes

Mike Holmes·Follow8 min read·--I’m telling my story for my sonDid you know that kids raised in a fatherless homes:-Have 4X the greater risk of poverty. -Are more likely to go to prison. -Are 7X more likely to become pregnant as a teen. -Are 2X more likely to suffer obesity. -Are 2X more more likely to drop out of school. Did you know that even though fatherlessness affects children it affects boys to an even greater degree?