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Raising Boys

Go Ahead, Be a Man

By Virginia Pelley

Father & Child Relationships

9 Things Boys Need to Hear Their Father Say at Home

By Steve Calechman

Father & Child Relationships

The Boys Are Not Alright

By Lizzy Francis

Father & Child Relationships

What Does "Being a Man" Mean to Modern Dads?

By Matt Christensen

There’s Nothing Wrong With “Being a Man.” But You Must Face What That Means First

By Lizzy Francis

Father & Child Relationships

What Today's Boys Need More Than Anything

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Building a New Emotional Vocabulary for Boys Traditionally, boys aren’t encouraged to build an emotional vocabulary. Dads, in particular, can help change that.

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What Parents Should Stop Saying to Their Sons While seemingly harmless, these phrases should be shelved.

What All Boys Need to Hear From Their Fathers Dr. Michael Reichert author of "How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men" offers seven phrases all fathers need to say to their sons more often.

Father & Child Relationships

What I Needed My Dad To Tell Me When I Was a Young Man There's always more to say.

My Kids Grew Up Alongside Iron Man. I Wouldn't Have it Any Other Way As Marvel reaches the Endgame, I think about how, in our house, Avengers has marked the time.

What Today's Boys Need Most of All In order for boys to become healthy, well-rounded men, they must be taught to stray from typical masculine learnings and embrace their emotions.

Father & Child Relationships

What I Wish I Knew When My Kids Were Still Little We often see clearest looking back. Here, 11 dads share the advice they would've given their younger selves.

On Kids' TV, Why Aren't Any Girls in Charge? Skye, Starla, and Owlette have a lot in common.

How to Teach Young Kids About Consent Teaching a kid about consent has nothing to do with teaching them about sex. It’s about respecting boundaries.

How American Boys Learn to Speak Like American Men Girls are the arbiters of language. Boys share a voice.

Health & Science

8 Harsh Truths About Raising Boys That Every Dad Should Understand The way men raise boys needs to change and that change needs to start with a child's emotional life, friendships and the way their fathers view the world they live in.

Father & Child Relationships

Society Is Failing Its Boys. Here’s How Parents Can Help Save Them. "It's easy to mistakenly believe that boys are hearty enough to weather the inevitable cruelties of their peers and the world."

Premium Cable Channel Smut is Disappearing. That’s Bad for Kids Late night cable adult programming is being phased out for lack of viewership, which means curious adolescents will be left with the pornographic terror of the Internet.

The Dad's Guide to Hosting (and Surviving) Your Kid's First Sleepover From one father to another, here are some tips to keep in mind.

Father & Child Relationships

I Tried Having My Kids Punish Themselves and Found Inner Peace A week of letting my children choose their own consequences showed that kids have an innate sense of restorative justice when they want to.

I Played With My Kid One-on-One and Found Out He Doesn't Hate Me An experiment to get closer to an ornery 5-year-old proves play can make people closer and make others jealous.

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