On Boys, Suicide, and the Lessons of Unfilled Holes

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“We need to teach our boys that they can bear suffering and loss without shame … that anger is a question that deserves deeper answers than punishment or silence.”

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Meds, Horses, and Uncle Fred’s Farm for My ADHD Son

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After months at a therapeutic boarding school, Pauline Gaines’ son has recognizably changed.

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Three Faces

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For 38 years, Carl Bosch has proudly watched the growth his students undergo during their middle school years.

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Taylor Mali Performs ‘Miracle Workers’

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“Education is the miracle. I’m just the worker. I’m a teacher. And that’s what we do.”

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The Importance of Masculinity in Boyhood Development

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“The question is: do parents have enough trust in boy development to let them take some risks and make some mistakes?”

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Why My Nine-Year-Old Is Smarter Than Me

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Wolf Pascoe’s son gives him an intelligence test—with predictable results.

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10 Things Entrepreneurs Don’t Learn in College

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College didn’t teach James Altucher how to think, so he’s here to make sure you know what he didn’t.

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Why Am I Afraid of Math?

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Despite parents of the you-can-be-anything-you-want persuasion, Emily Heist-Moss absorbed the misguided notion that math and science were not going to play a role in her future.

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An End to Innocence, or How I Learned to Shoot a Jump Shot

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Even now, some 30 years later, Yago Colás remembers the jump-shot fundamentals he learned back in eighth grade.

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