to creation123 re: " the true gentlemen and true men out there were that way as a result of a man who "gave a damn" and "cared for them."

I have known many true gentlemen raised by only a mother, even only a grandmother. They need someone who gives a damn. I do not want to diminish the importance of a strong male figure in a child's life, but it is not essential or the only way; but the preferred way.