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Don't Spoil Your Son
Do we have guiding principles around giving good things to our children? Here are four battlegrounds for preventing a boy from growing up spoiled.
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The Internet and Pornography
He will not only be a man who truly knows how to love, but he will develop a great personality because he will be a fuller person. And that, although…
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What Is Your Level of Boy Tolerance?
As a culture, we have a decreasing tolerance for boyhood itself. Often we punish boys for natural boyish behavior. But, such energy is the raw material…
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Why Boys Need Fewer Rules and More Rites of Passage
The objective of real education: not the rule, but the man who no longer needs it. Rites of passage, especially, can help signal to the young man that…
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Failure Is a Great Tutor—Don’t Fire Him
Failure is a great tutor. You needn’t hire him; he will come. When he does, will you let him teach your son?
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What is Freedom?
Freedom is an ideal that people are instinctively drawn to. At the same time, the word is often used in unclear ways. It is worth spending time…
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Helping Boys Overcome IDD
Aside from wisdom, there exists no greater gift than friendship. How do we prepare our boys to receive it?
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