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Helping Guys Understand Relationships without Watching “Chick Flicks”: Advice...
Parents can help prepare boys for all kinds of relationships by examining those in the sports world. People are clear about two things. Men should “wear the pants in the relationship” and women...
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New Rites of Passage for Young Men
How to create meaningful rites that young men want to experience. A follow up to Nick Clements’ The Function of Adrenalin in Boys’ Rites of Passage. Male circumcision In 2006 I was employed to make a...
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Adolescent Regrets: Call for Submission Due 7/13
What do you regret from your teen years? If you could go back, what would you do differently? The Good Men Project will be running posts on the subject of adolescent regrets. Do you have a memory that...
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Condoms! Condoms Everywhere!
Andrew Smiler applauds the American Association of Pediatrics’ recommendations that adolescents be taught to use condoms and that condoms be made more available to them. — The American Association of...
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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Wants Everyone to Love Learning
This past Sunday marked the premier of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a show that hopes to spark a new generation of explorers with a hunger for knowledge. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, hosted by Neil...
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Let’s Talk About Sext, Baby
Lisa Duggan says we should stop shaming our kids for their sexual urges and start acknowledging adolescent sexual desire and encouraging its healthy expression. ___ My friend Jim (not his real name)...
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Welcome to 12
View image | gettyimages.com Welcome to the collision of your life and the fully indexed, searchable, unforgetting expression of it. — by Roblin Meeks Welcome to your voice cracking on its way down....
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Rooting
This poem from Joshua Martin is a work of rare power and honesty. — Rooting Because I’ve got too much time on my hands these days, I go home and find myself sitting on a bare metal bleacher watching a...
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Understanding Your Place of Influence in Your Child’s Life
Mike Berry looks at what you can do when you’re no longer the number one voice your child listens to. ___ As a parent you are the greatest voice of influence in your child’s life. But your voice is...
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5 Important Mindsets for Dads When Your Adolescent Wants to Quit
Is playing sports your child’s dream or yours? — As springtime rolls around every year, I look forward to nicer weather and getting to enjoy more outdoor activities. I’m a huge sports fan so whether...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder in Children and Adolescents
The symptoms are different for youth than adults. Here are some tips to help. — Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), known colloquially as seasonal depression and winter blues, has become more widely...
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6 Ways That Having Teenagers Will Make You More Spiritual
Being a parent will make you believe in a higher power, or at least a higher flower. ___ It will happen, in stealth, you will slowly take on faith. You have to. Or they win. You will find yourself...
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Patches
*** Ben Berman’s first book, Strange Borderlands, won the 2014 Peace Corps Award for Best Book of Poetry and was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Awards. His second collection, Figuring in the...
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Why Do Teenage Boys Make Such Bad Decisions?
Are you wondering why your teenager makes such bad decisions? Well, you aren’t alone! Teenagers are not known for their good decision making skills. Let’s face it, most of us did some pretty stupid...
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File This Under: Things to Read When Your Teen Is Driving You Insane
There are times on this crazy, emotional, draining journey we call parenting that my insecurities (you know, the stuff you’re somehow never supposed to let your children see), rear their ugly head and...
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40 Things No One Tells You About Parenting a Teenage Girl
There’s no manual, road map, or guide to fully prepare you for the years of parenting a teenage girl. Sure, you’ve read the books. You’ve listened (ad nauseam) to that one close friend who loves to...
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What Adolescents Need From Their Fathers, Part 2
Embed from Getty Images — Last week, we introduced the topic of what adolescents need from their fathers (and, as many readers pointed out, mothers as well). That was just the beginning of the list....
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Joining a blended family with teenagers
— Dear Mr. Dad. I’m marrying a woman who has two teenagers from her previous marriage. This is my first marriage and, although I like her kids, I’m a little worried about how I’ll do as a stepfather of...
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Adolescents Need To Learn About Depression – Before It’s Too Late
Danny Baker points out that teaching our kids about depression is as important as teaching them about sex and drunk driving. — Adolescents need to be educated about depression. They need to be...
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10 Questions Every Single Parent Must Ask a New Partner
Dating after divorce can be exciting, but when you have children it’s a risky proposition. Over and over again, I see single mom and single dad clients leap headlong into a new relationship — even...
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