Family
A "child" here is a human individual who is not yet a self.
A "dependant" here is a woman or child.
Libertarian Patriarchalism
Combining the two pillars of our ethos drives us to certain conclusions.
A child is ruled by their mother's ruler.
When a girl becomes a woman her ruler remains her ruler, but he now manages her as a responsible subject instead of training her as an irresponsible child.
A stray woman or child (one whose ruler has abdicated or is untraceable) is ruled by the first man to claim them.
In the modern Western world, most women are strays, because most fathers have abdicated. (Those who have not are blocked by gangster regimes from exercising their rule.)
A man who claims a stray woman may take her as spouse or not as he chooses. If not, he should treat her as daughter, sister or mother, depending mainly on her age.
Our Libertarian Patriarchy differs from Authoritarian Patriarchy, in which men also rule over adult sons.
The most eloquent praise of Patriarchy I have seen is from a commentary on the Chinese Xiaojing. Beware of its Authoritarianism, but it seems wrong to forego such eloquence, and I see no Libertarian equivalent. Maybe I should compose one!
Conveyance
Is it Legitimate?
A man (the conveyor) has the right to transfer an asset to any man who consents (the conveyee).
This is called conveying.
Dependants can be conveyed like any other asset.
If the conveyance follows from the conveyor's decease, it is called inheritance.
If a payment is linked it is a form of trade.
Is it Wise?
A man should always take account of both his dependants' welfare and his own.
But he should be willing to sacrifice both if the optimal ripening of society seems to require it.
Venery
Venery is behaviour prompted by the mating instinct.
Its Forms
The male-dominance instinct is inseparable from the mating instinct, and our venereal arrangements should respect it.
The instinct is flexible in the forms it takes, but henogyny (pair-bonding) is usually best for us, though in extreme circumstances polygyny (harem-bonding) may be more expedient.
See Forms of Venery for details.
When describing human venery in general, it is sometimes convenient to assume henogyny without mentioning the exceptions, though sometimes it is more convenient to leave open the polygynous interpretation. For instance, if I mention "their wives" I see no need to point out that it would most likely be one wife each.
Marriage
The most common case where conveying a woman is justified is when a suitor intends a mating bond with her. In such cases we call the conveyance a marriage, in which the owner marries the bride to the groom.
A payment linked to a marriage is called a brideprice (paid by the conveyee) or dowry (paid by the conveyor).
A bride's attitude is an important factor in her ruler's decision to convey her, and cases where her antipathy should be overruled are probably rare, but the final choice is her ruler's.
On being excessively influenced by brides' inclination, see True Love.
"This is taking Androcracy too far."
None of the supposed alternatives makes sense. See Marriage.
I see no case where a man should convey his own bride, "so long as they both shall live". "What God has joined together let no man put asunder!"
Its Proprieties
Fucking a woman not his own is properly called "rape", whether she is passive victim or active temptress. Her ruler should weigh the pros and cons of legitimation (by retrospective conveyance) versus recovery (by recovering her, willing or not, from the rapist's hands).
"In Greek drama, ... Helen of Sparta is sometimes raped by Paris, and sometimes seduced. The details depend on the playwright."
Wikipedia. (Wikipedia rightly indicates that whether Helen acquiesced is a mere "detail", but anachronistically uses "rape" in the modern sense.)
If she is a stray, to fuck her is to claim her as spouse, and from that moment he should treat her accordingly.
Its Functions
On the duty to procreate, see Human Fertility.
Children
Upbringing
Animal
Animals initiate their young into the behaviour patterns orientated to survival.
In most beasts, both parents lead and nurture their offspring, who follow and feed from their parents.
In apes, fathers do more of the leading and mothers do more of the nurturing.
Human
We should refine our instincts but not repress them.
Men should initiate their children into the wider field of human development.
To this end, every child needs to be a ward of a governor and governess.
A governess is masculine in relation to her wards, a properly masculine choice-manner within a feminine activity-pattern.
Usually a man should himself act as his children's governor, and appoint their mother as governess.
On methods of control see Disciplining Children.
Conveying
Conveying a child is only wise in exceptional cases.
The most common such case would be if the change improves the child's prospects enuf to outweigh the disruption.
The conveyor should take into account that such a conveyance may end his own role as governor, his subject's role as governess, or both, unless the conveyance stipulates otherwise.
Governesslessness
If a child is left with no governess, by death or otherwise, then (all else being equal) the child's owner should ...
... appoint a new governess.
... rule the new governess (by conveyance if she is not already his).
... take the new governess as spouse (unless he already has a living spouse who for some reason was not the child's governess).
One conclusion from those maxims is: A widower with children needs a new bride.
Growing Up
A boy when he becomes a man becomes free, subject only to God, like any other man. He should usually agree a contract to remain with his father, at least for a while. If the father tries to impose on the son beyond any such contract, other men are entitled to defend the son, though they should judge carefully whether this is a man's resistance or a child's tantrum.
A girl when she becomes a woman remains with her ruler, but now as a subject. Her relationship with her former governess should usually continue, at least for a while.
A rare few humans never reach selfhood (owing to severe disability). They remain children and remain their ruler's.
A soul who lapses into imbecility becomes a dependant of their most recent ruler or his heir. If the latter is deceased or unknown, the imbecile is a stray.
The transition from wardship to contract or subjection should be and usually is smooth, so it is hard to say at what age selfhood emerges. I guess around puberty. It may be only when a boy decides to leave his father's house to seek his fortune, or a girl starts to show interest in male admirers, that their selfhood becomes evident, though it may have been there for years previously.