Yesterday, I had the staff meeting in the gymnasium. The teachers were bewildered as they walked in the hot gym, wearing their business attire: dresses, high heels, suits, dress shoes, and all. The teachers were divided into four teams, and I told them each person had
Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. She’s also the mom of a 13-year-old boy (and four girls). I connected with her after my Parade article, Is Gun Play OK?, began attracting national attention. I wanted to know
We recently talked with Rosalind Wiseman, author of Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World, via Skype. We hoped to post the audio and video for you, but we had some technical difficulties
I am pleased to announce the official launch of the BuildingBoys Virtual Book Club! We had a number of readers express interest, so let’s go going. Here are the details: Our first book will be Raising Boys By Design: What the Bible and Brain Science
Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World, by Rosalind Wiseman, is one of my favorite “boy books” ever. In fact, if I had to recommend one book to parents and educators
And the winners are: 1) Lisa Tennessen 2) Vesta 3) Ava Parnass All three winners will receive a copy of Raising Boys By Design: What the Bible and Brain Science Reveal About What Your Sons Need to Thrive by Michael Gurian and Dr. Gregory Jantz. I’ll send
Is your son’s school boy-friendly? Is it place where his enthusiasm for learning is encouraged, even if his preferred style of learning is hands-on? Or does his school insist that students sit quietly while filling out worksheets? Does his school take away recess as a
If you have boys, you can safely assume that, at some point, they will play with guns. If your boys happen to be young — say, under the age of two — you may be vigorously disagreeing with me right now. You might be thinking,
My morning routine: wake up, have a cup of coffee, get the kids to school, scroll through news headlines on Google before starting work. This morning, one headline caught my eye: 13 shot in Chicago city park. I clicked over to Facebook, fully expecting see
Boys, especially African-American boys, aren’t doing so well these days. The statistics are dismal, even depressing. At every level, boys (as a population) lag behind girls in academic achievement: Fewer boys than girls are proficient in reading, writing and even math. Fewer boys than girls
I’m currently reading Masterminds & Wingmen, by Rosalind Wiseman. You might know her better as the author of Queen Bees & Wannsbes (which was the inspiration for Mean Girls), but let me tell you: This woman knows boys. She’s a mom of two boys, and
What is it really like being a male teen? How do today’s boys see themselves and the world around them? What do boys dream about? What makes boys cry? These are the questions journalist Malina Saval set out to answer in a three year research
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