Are you like Brian? "Brian" is sitting on the pretty blue sofa out in the waiting room. His NASCAR sweatshirt and grease-stained jeans are a stark contrast to the tidy room with its dried-rose wreath, its antique fireplace, and its watercolor painting of a mother and her baby. He is surrounded by young ladies who are waiting for their turn. Maybe there's another guy waiting just like he is. He nervously runs his fingers through his now messed up hair. His right knee jiggles from a mixture of nerves and maybe even anger. His eyes are wide with fear and pain. He waits for the news. As she comes back into the waiting room, he leans forward with a look of hope and anxiousness. He sees the look on her face and then slumps back into the sofa. He's ashamed of what he has done. He's angry. He's scared. He's confused. But he knows that he can't fix this problem and make it OK again. No one can. What happened? What went wrong? Why us? Why me? What do you say to Brian? For every woman the CPC serves, there is a guy like "Brian". He might be a boyfriend, a one-night stand, or even an abuser. Some of the guys we meet (or just hear about) seem more like boys than men, but all of them are longing or trying to become real men. The problem is that some of them don't know how to be a real man. Perhaps half of them have been raised without their fathers, and many of those who grew up with their fathers at home don't have healthy relationships with them. According to a study called "Father Facts", both adolescent males and females who grow up fatherless are more likely to participate in sexual activity at an early age and, thus, are also more likely to have children out-of-wedlock. At the same time, TV, movies, and sports have filled them with negative images of fatherhood and even manhood itself. So "Brian" sits in the waiting room while a counselor talks with his girlfriend. He has tried to show that he's a real man by having sex, but things have not turned out as he expected. Now he's facing a problem he's not equipped to solve and he's experiencing emotions that he doesn't really know how to handle. Our Man To Man program is here to help "Brian" grow into the man God has designed him to become. God's plan is for men to be the leaders in their families -- to be protectors and providers. It takes work to become a good father, even for those who seem to have all the advantages. But, all of the guys who walk through our doors have the potential to make it and we have the resources to help them do it. Whenever a guy like "Brian" comes in for an appointment we do our best to get him off of the pretty blue sofa and into a private area as soon as we can. In our Middletown center it is a place just for guys called "The Attic". We are here for "Brian" and we're here for YOU too. We're here if you just need another guy to talk to. We're here to help.
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