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The Competitive Edge: Why It’s Imperative We Teach Our Sons and Daughters To...
Alan Bishop worries we talk too much about the negative aspects of competition instead of focusing on all the positives.—-Losing sucks. My father in-law had a saying: “Show me a person who likes to...
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Hitting My Son
David Karpel on training his son in self-defense and character development.He stepped right into it. My left jab –> his nose. Our box of space froze in time.Oh, my boy.Tears moistened his eyes, his...
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An Unsuccessful Attempt to Be a Considerate Lover
Bob Marrow remembers a time when he thought he was reading the signals perfectly. Not quite.—When I was in high school (1956) sex was something I wanted badly without knowing what it was. My...
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Discussing the Cycle of Male Verbal Abuse
He used the same words. He used the same towering posture. This wasn’t about teaching me or guiding me to be a man. This was about control.__________There was a time when I thought I was the only man...
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Men’s Rites of Passage: The Almost Lost Tradition
Even in our technologically advanced society the ancient Rite of Passage has much to offer the Modern Man and may in fact help him find his way within it.—Even as a teenage boy growing up in Upstate...
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3 Things Young Men Learn From Initiation Rituals
Helping young men be at peace with themselves, overcome their fears, and make the world a better placeAt the root of many of today’s social, political and economic challenges is a crisis in...
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Military Recruit Training as a Modern Day Rite of Passage for Men
I wasn’t looking for a rite of passage when I joined the army, but I sure as hell found it.—A rite of passage was once upon a time a given in any man’s life. At some point in his teenage years, he...
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A Dad’s Response When His Daughter Told Him She Was Venturing into the...
Korrin Bishop was determined to take a solo weeklong kayaking trip in the Everglades. She reflects on the courage it took for her dad, and how his understanding and vulnerability allowed her to become...
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The Modern Warrior’s Guide to Uncivilized Excellence
Embed from Getty ImagesEvery man needs an act of defiance in his life.—Eyes peer above the long grass in the African Savanna and the predator looks at his quarry, readying for the attack. But things...
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Every Day, Another Teenage Driver Hits the Road
Embed from Getty Images—Learning to drive is never a mundane experience. We all can remember the anxious feeling racing through our chest the first time we turned the key in the ignition. Placing a...
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Deconstructing My Own Masculinity.
Embed from Getty ImagesOne textbook definition of masculinity is ‘possession of the qualities traditionally associated with men’. Does the passage to masculinity run through the heart of our...
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The Cut
Portraits of the PatriarchyFather Time examines the progressive shift in modern fatherhoodPart 10The procedure was transactional—like getting a haircut, except the cutting was happening nowhere near...
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12 Rules for Being a Great Man
This is a longer article than most I write, but one that I believe is very important in today’s world. If we only read the headlines in the news, we might conclude that men are failing at life. This...
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Exile Is Home
— “Take her back! Take her back!” I yelled at my mother. She was holding my sister in her arms and had just brought her home from the hospital after giving birth. We were in the kitchen of a...
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Being a Boy by Julius Lester
As boys go, I wasn’t much. I mean, I tried to be a boy and spent many childhood hours pummeling my hardly formed ego with failure at Cowboys and Indians, baseball, football, lying, and sneaking out of...
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How Motorcycles Are a Rite of Passage
— Motorcycles are dangerous. The chances of you dying if you ride a motorcycle is greater than if you don’t. Let’s get that out of the way right now. No argument there. I don’t want to hear about all...
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Off to Work She Goes
My first exposure to the working world came when I was in the sixth grade. Our small town had a Summer Recreation program where older kids could make a few bucks supervising dodge ball games and other...
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