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How To Raise Compassionate and Successful Boys
— As the #MeToo movement works to give women and girls a greater voice, it is also bringing new attention to how boys are raised and the pressures they face. According to research, 30% of high school...
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Fixing a Vintage Turntable as a Home-School Science (Life) Lesson
The other day, instead of making men’s beaded jewelry for my business, Authentic Arts, I set out to fix my vintage turntable. My son and I opened it up and tinkered with some things. (It was broken,...
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‘The Power of Connection To Build Strong Men’
— “In the book How to Raise a Boy, Dr. Reichert paves the way for a constructive reimagining of how a boy becomes a good man. The way to do this, he says, is not to force a way of being onto any boy,...
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Words Hurt
— “You suck at baseball!” one boy yelled toward my seven year old son. “Is he ever going to hit the ball?” another jeered. My boy at 3 My son’s eyes went from wonder and enjoyment to tears and...
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Raising Compassionate Sons: Why Period Education Is Critical for Boys
— By Amy Thomas Do you realize that in most of the US, feminine hygiene products are taxed as “luxury” items? And in many parts of the world, women are too poor to buy pads and tampons? It gets...
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Teach Your Son to Drive and Equip Him With Valuable Life Lessons
— When your son reaches the age of 15 or 16, it becomes time to teach him how to drive. But rather than just teaching him how to perform the basic functions of driving a car, you should use this is an...
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How I’m Teaching My Son Not To Be Sexist
— One way I’m teaching my son not to be sexist is by being honest and vocal about sexist things when I see them. Like all the times we default to the masculine when the feminine is just as valid. For...
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An Open Letter to Our Teen Boys
I began writing this after watching “Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution“, a documentary about the hookup culture of young adults on Spring Break, examining its origins and effects. I felt drawn to...
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How To Raise a Confident Son
A well-meaning relative at my cousin’s wedding asked, “So, where does he get this whole cowboy boots and hat thing from?” and all I could think to answer was, “From… himself.” We live in Wisconsin and...
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How I Gave My Young Son a Lesson in Capitalism While Playing Pirates
My main advice for raising kids worked again today as it always has. Just tell them the truth! I’m not much for make-believe games. I must have grown up because they bore me to death now. But, my young...
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Raising a Son Who Cries
My ten year old son cried in public the other day. This was noteworthy because it wasn’t. At the time, I didn’t even think much about it. I had had a rough day. He hadn’t seen me in thirteen hours, and...
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20 Ideas of How to Celebrate a 16th Birthday Without a Party
— All kids are different and their 16th birthday is an opportunity to do something special and create a memorable day. Many 16-year-olds want something different than a party for various reasons. For...
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Fast Times at American High
— By Christopher Shearer I recently read a piece on the state of US high schools in the education leadership magazine Phi Delta Kappan by Maria Ferguson, who is a grantee of the Foundation’s Education...
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World Day of the Boy Child Global Forum – Saving Our Boys – May 16, 2020
Dr. Vibe and leaders from around the world share their successes, their challenges and their vision for work with boys On May 16, 2020, men and women leaders, including Dr. Vibe, from all over the...
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Dear Nate: A Coming-of-Age Letter to My Friend’s 13-Year-Old Son
“It’s funny; in this era of email and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.” – Elizabeth Kostova Years ago, on one of...
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Raising Boys To Be Remarkable Men
Our needy, hungry world craves good men. Kudos to the men who are beacons of hope who exhibit that it is possible for men to be good. Still, it is obvious that our society needs to change to raise...
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Gap Year or Growth Year?
— A gap year. A gap year. A gap year. Why do we call it a gap year? A gap in between what, exactly? Is it just a gap of time? A gap that marks the space between child and adult? A gap in which he is...
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A Writer’s Writer: How I Unwittingly Documented My Evolution as a Man
I consider myself a writer’s writer. I wrote as a young boy, but my writing practice began in earnest in 2003 at the age of 21. The Iraq War was beginning and I was headed to the Middle East as a...
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7 Life Lessons for My 12-Year-Old Self: A Window to the 1980’s West Belfast
Are we traveling via a DeLorean or a hot tub time machine? It doesn’t matter as long as we get there. Where? Back in time to arguably the decade that revolutionized culture. We have arrived. The year...
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Boys and Sports
Modern Manhood: The Podcast EPISODE SUMMARY What is it about sports….and boys? There’s a time when a lot of boys start, continue, and play sports. Yet this is not just an activity, it can be an...
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