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Three Conversations To Have Before Your Children Leave For College

May 20, 2013 by Tim Hoch Leave a Comment

A lot of the trials of college life can be mitigated by some simple conversations.

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Failure Is An Option

February 23, 2013 by Jeff Bogle 2 Comments

Kids need to be able to fail in order to learn how to succeed.

Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: adolescent boys, Challenges, child development, childhood, children in team sports, consequences, determination, disappointment, endurance, failure, Frederick Douglass, frustration, games, highly sensitive children, invincibility, letting kids fail, long term planning, maturity, parental neglect, Parenthood, parenting, patience, progress, Responsibility, sports, sportsmanship, struggle, success, the Atlantic, trouble

The Function of Adrenalin in Boys’ Rites of Passage

February 15, 2013 by Nick Clements 8 Comments

The young generation can be a threat to the status quo, or an energy source that needs direction, depending on how we meet the challenge.

Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, Mentoring and Volunteering, The Good Life Tagged With: acting out, adolescent boys, adrenalin, adrenaline, adulthood, anti-social behavior, body modification, capitalist culture, car accidents, Challenges, character, consumerism, danger, driving, drug use, Families, gang rape, gangs, growing up, guns, individuality, male role models, manhood, mentoring, peer pressure, piercings, quarter-life crisis, reckless behavior, Responsibility, rites of passage, role models, self-expression, selfishness, service missions, sexual violence, social justice movements, strength, Stress, success, tattoos, teenage boys, testosterone, violence, weapons, young men

Why We Run

January 14, 2013 by Jeff Swain 3 Comments

Long-distance runner Jeff Swain loses himself in the Allegheny Forest.

Filed Under: Man on the Run, The Good Life Tagged With: Allegheny Forest, athletes, Challenges, cruelty, Daniel Meyerson, Dante's Inferno, hell, In the Valley of the Kings, Indian Pipe Trail, indifference, long distance running, man v. himself, man v. nature, marathon training, mountain trails, nature, nature writing, New York, Pennsylvania oil, Robin Havrie, running, solitude, The Lure of Long Distances, Training, willpower, writing about running

I’d Court You If I Didn’t Have to Objectify You First

November 28, 2012 by Curt Moyer 64 Comments

A young man can’t take the first step toward long-term love, getting a date, because he can’t separate sexual attraction from objectification.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Marriage Tagged With: Challenges, courting, Curt Moyer, dating, dating ethics, desire, ethics, feminist men, Kant, Kantian, long-term relationships, objectification, rejection

A Family Law Attorney on Gratitude

November 21, 2012 by Ken Alan Leave a Comment

Adversity fosters gratitude.

Filed Under: Gratitude, The Good Life Tagged With: adversity, Challenges, character, deadbeat dads, Divorce, Families, Family Law, family law attorney, father's rights, fatherhood, fathers, Goldberg Jones, gratitude, lawyers, stereotypes of fathers, The Good Life

Where I Went on Vacation: 11/24

November 1, 2012 by The Good Life @ GMP 5 Comments

Where have you been?

Filed Under: Calls for Submissions, The Good Life, The Good Men Project Content Calendar Tagged With: anxieties, broadening experiences, Call for submissions, Challenges, concerns, confidence, dream vacation, escorting travelers, experience, going home, honeymoon, memories, phobias, photos, Pilgrimage, The Good Life, travel, traveling abroad, traveling with kids, trip of a lifetime, vacation stories, world travel

Proud to Be an American

October 26, 2012 by Kyle Carpenter 1 Comment

Only by traveling abroad does Kyle Carpenter appreciate what it means to be an American.

Filed Under: Assumed Identities, Featured Content, The Good Life, Travel Tagged With: American, American culture, American image overseas, American pride, American tourists, Americans abroad, assumed identities, assumptions, british, Canadian, Challenges, English, lifestyles, misidentification, native English speaker, privilege, Switzerland, U.S. citizenship, ugly American, United States, values, world travel

“I wouldn’t blame anyone for having a difficult time deciding whether to give up their badge.”

October 12, 2012 by the Editors Leave a Comment

This is a comment by Kaleb Blake on the post “Eagle Scouts Returning Their Badges for LGBT Equality”.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: Boy Scouts, Boy Scouts of America, boyhood, Boys, Challenges, childhood, Community, Eagle Scout, gay, growing up, leadership, LGBT, LGBTQ, manhood, men, scouts, Teamwork, troop leaders

Are You a Warrior? A Mudder? Neither? Both?

August 21, 2012 by Hugo Velasco 4 Comments

The Warrior Dash and Tough Mudder draw very different types of competitors.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Sports, The Good Life Tagged With: 5K, British Special Forces, Challenges, charity events, competitors, endurance, getting in shape, inspiration, mud runs, obstacle courses, participants, runners, running, St. Jude, stamina, strength, teams, Tough Mudder, Warrior Dash, Wounded Warrior Project

Are You Man Enough for Therapy?

August 16, 2012 by Steve Milan 12 Comments

It takes courage and strength, but it’s worth learning how to benefit from a therapeutic relationship.

Filed Under: Editors' Picks, Featured Content, Health, Psych, & Addiction, Suicide, The Good Life Tagged With: bad therapy, Challenges, choosing a therapist, communication, communication styles, counseling, courage, Divorce, emotions, finding a psychologist, gender roles, honesty, individual therapy, limits, man code, masculinity, men seeking therapy, men's feelings, men's mental health, men's therapy, mental health, misogyny, psychology, psychotherapy, relationships, shame, Therapy, uncertainty, veterans, when to fire your therapist, Work

Leap of Faith

July 3, 2012 by Atalwin Pilon 1 Comment

Atalwin Pilon took a leap of faith—into another country. Then he did it again, and again.

Filed Under: Business Ethics, The Good Life, Work/Life Balance Tagged With: Atalwin's Quest, business, Challenges, china, Chinese, Chinese culture, clients, coaching, consulting, corporations, courage, Faith, finance, Hong Kong, IFC, India, ING, international, introverted, introverts, negotiations, opening up, people, Philips, programmers, race, sharing, success, Thailand, yacht club

Comics: Body Bags Creator Jason Pearson Flirts With Suicide

December 10, 2011 by Hannibal Tabu 1 Comment

The talented writer/artist has really been in the struggle this week. We follow the story.

Filed Under: Escapism, komplicated Tagged With: artist, astonishing x-men, body bags, Challenges, comics, deadpool, depression, jason pearson, struggle, suicide, writer

Military Dads and Fatherwork

June 14, 2011 by Jerry Novack 1 Comment

Soldier-dads have added challenges in maintaining a balanced life at home.

Filed Under: Father's Day Tagged With: at home, Challenges, children, fatherhood, fathering, Home Life, Jerry Novak, military, soldier

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Sergio Vieira de Mello ‘A Complicated Hero’ (TEDTalks VIDEO)

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Facing the Reality of Men Who’ve Been Raped By Women

An article in The Atlantic exposes the reality of male survivors who’ve been assaulted by females, including Don Draper, the main character in the show Mad Men.