How the suppression of boys’ authentic connection drives our culture of inequality.
Touch Isolation: How Homophobia Has Robbed All Men of Touch
Homophobic prohibitions against male touch are hurting straight men as well.
Mark Greene has one clear reason we should all fight for gay rights. Homophobic prohibitions against male touch are hurting straight men as well.
How the Kavanaugh Hearings Model the Patterns of Assault
Republican Senators went straight to the man box tools all abusers use.
— I fully understand that this is a triggering subject. I do not raise this issue lightly, and I don’t do so without raising the ugly specter of my own history of traumatic abuse, which is as follows. As far back as I can recall, I lived in fear of my own abuser. Other boys…
Being Guided By Our Babies Onto the Hidden Paths of Confidence
Mark Greene on how our children have powerful ways to nurture our strength.
The Man Box: The Link Between Emotional Suppression and Male Violence
Mark Greene explores the Man Box, and how it leads to policing of behavior that dares to fall outside the boundaries of traditional masculinity.
Are Men Changing? A Love Letter From One Father to the Good Men Project
Tired of the question “are men changing?” So are GMP Associate Editor Mark Greene and CEO Lisa Hickey. And here’s why.
The Father of a Thousand Faces
In which Mark Greene puts himself under the parental microscope, and finds more than one Mark Greene.
Are You a Stay-at-Home Dad? Perhaps You Can Relate to These Animated Action Figures.
One dad feels frozen out of the mom’s park play group. Vague parenting paranoia ensues. Big animation fun from the GMP.
For Crying Out Loud, Can We Please Stop Calling Them Highly Sensitive Men?
Mark Greene asks, how is it that empathic men have been collectively tagged as “easily hurt” or “delicately aware?” Who made that decision?
Dear Dudes: Locker Room Talk Will Kill You
The place you say something doesn't excuse the harm it causes.
The place you say something doesn’t excuse the harm it causes.
Why Men’s Friendships Can Feel So EMPTY
Men's avoidance of emotional risk when making friends can often result in friendships that are impersonal and inauthentic.
Mark Greene believes men’s avoidance of emotional risk when making friends can often result in friendships that are impersonal and inauthentic.
Men’s Defensive Rage is Rooted in the Brutal Double Bind of American Manhood
Mark Greene explains why the single dominant message our culture tells us is such a killer.
American men, accustomed to exercising power for generations, are adrift in a liminal cultural space unlike any we have ever experienced. — Sorry guys. I really wish I had better news for you, but who we are and how we got here is not a pretty story. And now, we are suspended, rudderless, between our…
The Suppression of Boys Emotional Expression is a Killer
Boys and girls are living in a culture that strips them of relationships.
— This video is one of a series designed to spark a conversation about emotional expression and relational intelligence. Emotional intelligence or emotional quotient (EQ) is commonly understood to mean emotional self-awareness, the ability to name, understand and manage our emotions. We’re also talking about Relational Intelligence. That is, the acknowledgment that emotional connection happens…
The Relational Book for Parenting, Part 7: Do We Focus on Roles or Relationships?
When we shift from roles to relationships, we shift from acting on others to acting with them
All parents hold uncertainty. All parents play. Relational capacities like these are already active in millions of homes across the world. When we practice relational capacities in a mindful way, we center our relationships. The choice to center relationships holds a powerful promise: It is what ultimately can get us unstuck in all aspects of…
The Relational Book for Parenting, Part 6: Why Is Play The Answer for Businesses and Families Alike?
Both families and buisnesses can focus too heavily on hierarchy, roles, control, and risk-averse decision making
One of the most generative ways to leverage the power of play in our lives is by seeing it as a force for making organizations more lateral. Play is equally powerful in small organizations, like families, or big organizations, like companies. In either case, play shifts our daily interactions away from roles and more toward…
The Relational Book for Parenting, Part 5: Tracking the Powerful Influence of Context
Understanding the role of context helps our kids to take a wider view of their relationships
Part 5: Taking context into account is a central capacity for understanding the ups and downs of our relationships. From our book, The Relational Book for Parenting. “Considering context invites us to track stories, events, and ideas around us that impact the meaning of what we are experiencing. Contexts can be emotional, familial, social, cultural, historical,…