Male Star Power – A Blessing and a Curse

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Dealing with a celebrity co-worker may tell you stuff no one else knows.

“Boys with learning disorders already feel like they are messed up–how can we let them feel that way about being male too?”

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Strider is often told that when trying alternative learning/creativity methods with boys in his classroom that he is wasting his time. Is the classroom stacked against young boys?

Failure Is An Option

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

“I’ve always felt like an extreme minority as a Highly Sensitive Man.”

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These are comments by Matthew, Frank, Jeff Roth on the post “I Am a Highly Sensitive Man”.

“People don’t wake up one day and decide that suicide is something they want to do.”

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This is a comment by Tom B on the post “How to Help Someone Who Is Feeling Suicidal”.

What’s Your Fight? 10/6

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What gets you out of bed in the morning? What has been or is your life’s greatest battle?

The Sandusky Salvo

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As the parallels between the Sandusky trial and my childhood unfold, I wish I could tell other men like me what I’ve learned.

“Marriage is not and should not be about romantic love at all, but struggle.”

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This is a comment by patrick “What Marriage Means to Me”.

Why Manhood is More Than Grit

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Kaleb says that manhood is not a series of one-time accomplishments, but an everyday goodness.

Comics: Body Bags Creator Jason Pearson Flirts With Suicide

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

A Gay Man and the Church: Trying to Reconcile My Sexuality

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Paul Leroux turns to spirituality to reconcile his sexuality.

Listen to Steve Jobs: Live Your Life

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There’s an ongoing challenge to not blindly accept the values of family, community, or society.

A Prison Poem From a Youthful Offender – Day One In 18 x 80

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A Description Of Day One In an 18 x 80 Foot Dormitory For A Youthful Offender in 1980 – A Broadside Poem By Jack Varnell -

Breaking the habit

I don’t know what’s worth fighting for Or why I have to scream I don’t know why I instigate And say what I don’t mean I don’t know how I got this way I know it’s not alright So I’m breaking the habit I’m breaking the habit Tonight Linkin Park On a Friday morning in [...]