This weekend, my 8-year-old son pulled himself around the bases on his belly. My 8-year-old is a healthy, strong child who runs, rides bikes and plays baseball on a routine basis. There is nothing wrong with his legs. He simply dragged himself around in the
Author Christina Hoff Sommers first wrote The War on Boys in 2001. Sadly, little has changed for the better since then. Sommers revised, updated and re-released her book in 2013. She released this video just a few days ago. It’s a must-watch for anyone who
We need to talk about our men, our boys and our societal definitions and expectations of masculinity right now. We need to talk about it because while I was on an idyllic camping trip with my boys and church friends, a male killed a whole
If I could tell parents of boys just one thing, this would be it: You are not alone. Your boy is not the only getting in trouble at school for being wiggly. Your boy isn’t the one one who likes to draw gory battle scenes.
‘Member this? Merry Christmas! You are now the proud owner of an iPhone. Hot Damn! You are a good and responsible 13-year-old boy and you deserve this gift. But with the acceptance of this present comes rules and regulations. Shortly after Janell Burley Hofmann published
Sheldon Smith’s dad wasn’t there for him. His grandfather wasn’t there for his dad. Sheldon was determined to stop the cycle. At the age of 19, on the verge of becoming a father himself, he founded The Dovetail Project, an initiative designed to teach young
I can’t believe it took me the better part of a week to sit down and watch this incredibly inspiring and moving video! If you haven’t yet seen the footage of these two boys performing on Britain’s Got Talent, sit down now and watch it.
We don’t like it when boys do this so they do this This makes us nervous So they do this We tell boys, Be Careful! and Get Down! So they do this We say No More! and Too Dangerous! So they do this We wring
Do our boys only matter when dollars (or lack of dollars) can be tied to their achievements (or lack of achievements)? In this country, the answer seems to be yes. The New York Times made a bit of a splash this week with the article
Do you live or work with teen boys? Sit them down and watch this video with them. Jeremy Loveday’s spoken word poem clearly explains what rape culture is — and what boys and young men can do to decrease violence in our culture.
I think I pressured a boy into having sex with me. I was 16 at the time. So was he. It was our first date — and my first date, ever — after weeks and months of talking in study hall and passing notes. We
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