How to create meaningful rites that young men want to experience.
What Coach Chuck Merino Taught Me
February 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
More than twenty years ago, popular Boy Scout troop leader Chuck Merino came out as gay. What did an average teenage boy learn from this exceptional coach?
Batter Up
February 11, 2013 by 2 Comments
My girlfriend’s 15 year old kid had played a year of Little League and hadn’t picked up a bat or glove since. This was an opportunity for us to bond, but the odds were stacked against us.
The Disposability of Black Men
February 2, 2013 by 66 Comments
Black men are brutally murdered and systematically incarcerated. Is this genocide?
Reimagining Mentorship
January 19, 2013 by 4 Comments
The building blocks of society are its adult citizens. What kind of society do we want to build?
The First Rule of Mentorship: Be Present
January 16, 2013 by 4 Comments
If you want to be there for someone, there’s just one thing you have to do.
A Curriculum of Male Mentorship: 1/5
December 20, 2012 by 11 Comments
If you were writing the lesson plans for an introduction to manhood, what would you include?
Jamaican Gentlemen
October 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
For a revolutionary generation of young Jamaican men, the strong and available role models looked like the enemy.
Helping Guys Understand Relationships without Watching “Chick Flicks”: Advice for Parents
September 29, 2012 by 7 Comments
Parents can help prepare boys for all kinds of relationships by examining those in the sports world.
A Guy’s Wilderness Canoeing Adventure
August 26, 2012 by 1 Comment
When young males are without older men as guides to the natural world, it’s easy for them to be completely disconnected from nature.
Homer’s Hero
August 17, 2012 by 10 Comments
Cameron Conaway offers a moving and personal dedication to his mentor, martial artist Daryn Clark, who despite fighting brain cancer still dedicates his life to helping others.
Men in Schools—For Boys
July 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Earl Hipp sits down with youth mentor Dave Bolduc and discusses his successful social skills program.
Initiation and Mentorship: Two Halves of One Whole
February 18, 2012 by 2 Comments
Frederick Marx looks at the reasons some boys don’t fully develop into their own as men.
“With an arbitrary age for adulthood and no guidance, people end up ‘lost’ after high school.”
This is a comment by Trevor Sprague on the post “Where’s My Burning Ant-Glove?”