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20+ years into parenting boys, I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on how to be an effective "boy parent." I did not feel that way nearly 20 years ago, when I was trying to figure out why my perfectly content little boys would randomly start running and jumping off the couch. And I definitely didn't feel that way when my boys fought and bickered, or when I realized how ill-suited most traditional schools are to boys' needs. To survive the chaos that was my life, I read books about boys. I asked questions. I listened, I learned and I observed. And, I realized that I was  -- am -- the only "boy parent" struggling with these issues. So, I started BuildingBoys. Over the years, BuildingBoys has evolved into a collective set of resources -- and I realized recently that you might not … [Read More...] about Be a Better “Boy Parent”