Kenny Bodanis talks about how adults too easily bury the children they were.
In My Room
May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
William revisits his old room and remembers his childhood, brothers, and discovering his sexual identity.
Whatever Happened to Big Van Vader?
May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Pro wrestler Big Van Vader’s feats of strength are one of Oliver Lee Bateman’s few distinct childhood memories. Here’s why. I refuse to dwell on my childhood, which means I’ll probably never be able to write the kind of abuse-laden bildungsroman that winds up getting selected by Oprah’s Book Club. That’s a shame, because I could really [...]
Ladd as a Lad
April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Andrew Ladd Shares a snapshot of childhood in 1990s Scotland.
Study for the New Fictional Science
April 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
“After all, Peter Parker became Spiderman by accident. Bruce Banner made the best of his terrible growth spurts and temper spasms. You, too, can turn trouble around and become a small god.” By Amber Sparks
The Birds and The Bees and The Filthy, Filthy Bird-on-Bee Sex That Ensued
April 19, 2012 By 6 Comments
Like Adam and Steve before him, Jeremy Feist had been presented his own personal paradise, and he abandoned it in search of the knowledge of where babies come from.
25 Rules for Moms With Sons
April 11, 2012 By 86 Comments
Tabitha Studer knows how important it is for parents to raise boys conscientiously, and so she complied a list of 25 rules for mothers of sons.
Open Thread: What Advice Would You Give To Parents Of Boys?
April 5, 2012 By 11 Comments
As a man, what advice would you give to parents of boys in order to make their kids’ lives better? Safer? More fun?
Raising a Boy Using Shame
April 4, 2012 By 21 Comments
“Shame on you.” It’s how we were parented, but it’s not how we should be parenting.
All Children Are Born With Potential: A Talk with Wendy Foster of Big Brothers, Big Sisters
March 29, 2012 By 3 Comments
Wendy Foster talks about the ways a friendship-based model of mentoring our youth can create positive change.
I Knew Don Draper–A Whole Town Full
March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Steve Jaeger loves and hates Don Draper, and he can’t help but see the complexities of Mad Men in his own boyhood memories.
The Last Late Show With My Father
March 15, 2012 By 9 Comments
When children are forced to release something they hold dear, it cements into their memories the moments preceding it.
Video: “How To Be A Man?” Tales Of Mere Existence
March 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
Artist Levni Yilmaz asks “Does anyone else think it’s a confusing time to be a man?” in his video “How to Be a Man?”
Two from HARD TO SAY, by Ethel Rohan
February 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
“An Irish daughter struggles with her relationship with her mother, who drinks, beats, goes blind, loses her sanity. The stories in this aptly titled book are relentless, full of terror, frighteningly true. Ethel Rohan’s rhythms will get inside you.” —Matt Salesses, Good Men Project Fiction Editor
I’ve Been Married for 20 Years, and I Still Don’t Know What I Want to Be When I Grow Up
February 8, 2012 By 9 Comments
Don’t ask Stephen Gosewich to tell you about his dream job. He doesn’t have one.
Vocalyze
“I spent years in confusion that led me to ask awkward even wholly inappropriate questions at the wrong moments…”
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